G.I. Samurai

G.I. Samurai

1979 · 139 min · ★ 5.8 · Action, Science Fiction, War

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.

Directed by Kōsei Saitō · Written by Toshio Kamata

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