Samurai Sensei

Samurai Sensei

2018 · 94 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy, Drama

Hanpeita Takeichi, a samurai, finds that he has travelled through time to modern-day Japan. He's taken in by an old man who runs a cram school, and begins to work as a teacher there.

Directed by Kazushi Watanabe · Written by S-suke Kuroe

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