Release Date

August, 17th, 2024

Running Time

131 min

Genre

Comedy , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

[ Directed by ]

• YASUDA Junichi

[ Cast ]

• YAMAGUCHI Makiya ── KOSAKA Shinzaemon
• FUKE Norimasa ── KAZAMI Kyoichiro
• SAKURA Yuno ── YAMAMOTO Yuko

[ Staff ]

• YASUDA Junichi ── Screenplay
• YASUDA Junichi ── Cinematography
• DOI Konya ── Lighting
• HANO Hiroshi ── Lighting
• YASUDA Junichi ── Editor
• TAKAGAKI Hiroya ── Assistant Director
• SAKURA Yuno ── Assistant Director

[ Production Company ]

Mitaieigasha

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

GAGA, Mitaieigasha

[ Story ]

Drama about a samurai who time-travels from the end of the Edo period and struggles to build a second life as an "actor who gets killed" in period dramas. Indie film daringly shot at Toei Studios Kyoto.
Aizu clan samurai Shinzaemon (Yamaguchi Makiya) is sent on a secret mission from his clan elder to kill a Choshu clan warrior. They declare their names and just as their blades cross, lightning strikes. Shinzaemon awakens to he find himself in a modern-day studio that shoots samurai period films. While causing commotion wherever he goes, Shinzaemon is shocked to learn that the Edo Shogunate he had sworn to protect fell long ago.

[ Official Site ]

https://www.samutai.net

[ Contact (International) ]

Third Window Films
Attn: Adam TOREL
E-mail: adam@thirdwindowfilms.com