G.I. Samurai

G.I. Samurai (1979)

戦国自衛隊

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.

Date of release
1979-09-17
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (38)
Runtime
2h 19m
Genres
Action, Science Fiction, War
Director
Kōsei Saitō

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $9M

G.I. Samurai , also known as Time Slip, is a 1979 Japanese science fiction/action film focusing on the adventures of a modern-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) team that accidentally travels in time to the Warring States period . The film stars Sonny Chiba, one of the top male Japanese actors of the time, and was based on a novel by Ryo Hanmura, a well-known writer of historical novels and science fiction. A remake was theatrically released in Japan in 2005 under the title Samurai Commando: Mission 1549.

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