A samurai travels through time and winds up on the set of a samurai TV show in A Samurai in Time.
The Japanese sci-fi comedy will be released August 5 on Fandor and VOD.
At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, a samurai prepares to fight against an opposing clan member when a flash of lighting hits. He wakes up to find himself transported through time to the present day, and the location where he was about to duel is now a samurai TV show set.
He is mistaken for an extra and immediately thrust into the world of period drama productions. Due to his very ‘authentic’ look and speech, he starts working on many productions and finds himself playing the role of a “kirareyaku,” a swordsman whose job is to die spectacularly on film.
Junichi Yasuda writes and directs. Makiya Yamaguchi, Norimasa Fuke, Yuno Sakura, Rantaro Mine, Ken Shonozaki, Yoshiharu Fukuda, Ichiko Kurenai, and Hajime Inoue star.
Here’s Fandor’s full August line-up:
August 1: Brutal Game, White Wedding, Plan 75, Man, Pride and Vengeance, Stagefright, House by the Cemetery, Moon Manor
August 5: A Samurai in Time
August 8: The Cat o’ Nine Tails, Alice, The Heirloom, The Wolf House, Love Life
August 12: Meko
August 15: Earthling, Acción Mutante, Lucky Grandma, Def By Temptation
August 22: Who Saw Her Die?, The White Guard, Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf, Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza, Tramps
August 29: This Is Our Everything, The White Reindeer, Venus In Furs, Joyland, Always Shine
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