The film stars Sonny Chiba, one of the top male Japanese actors, and was based on a novel by Ryo Hanmura, a well-known writer of historical novels and science fiction. A remake was …

G.I. Samurai: Directed by Kôsei Saitô. With Shin'ichi Chiba, Jun Etô, Moeko Ezawa, Ryô Hayami. Japanese soldiers time travel to feudal era. Their lieutenant allies with samurai lord to become …

When a modern-day Japanese Self-Defense Force platoon, led by Lieutenant Yoshiaki Iba (Chiba), is mysteriously transported to Japan’s Warring States era, they find themselves in a …

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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 …

Read the complete plot breakdown of G.I. Samurai (1979), including all key story events, major twists, and the ending explained in detail. Discover what really happened—and what it all means.

I was leafing through Kim Newman's Nightmare Movies and came across a practically tossed-off, single sentence description of Time Slip (aka G.I. Samurai): a modern-day Japanese army unit …

G.I. Samurai (1979, Japan) is a Science Fiction film directed by Kōsei Saitō. When a squad of Japanese soldiers is mysteriously hurtled four centuries into the past, platoon leader Lt. Iba …

G.I. Samurai (1979) is a bold time-travel action film where a modern Japanese military unit is mysteriously transported back to the 16th century. Armed with tanks, helicopters, and rifles, …

G.I. Samurai aka Time Slip, is a 1979 Japanese science fiction/action film focusing on the adventures of a modern-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) a...