Blu-ray release: ‘A Samurai in Time’

By   |  Mar 16, 2025

Third Window Films are bringing the 2024 Japanese sci-fi comedy ‘A Samurai in Time’ (侍タイムスリッパー) to UK Blu-ray on April 28, 2025.

Written and directed by Junichi Yasuda, the film follows a samurai who is struck by lightning and subsequently awakens on a present-day film set, where he begins working as an extra. The cast includes Norimasa Fuke, Yoshiharu Fukuda, Hajime Inoue, Yutaka Izumihara, Ichiko Kurenai, and Rantaro Mine.

Synopsis: With one strike of lightning, samurai Kosaka Shinzaemon accidentally teleports through time and finds himself in modern day Japan. However, his realisation doesn’t hit so quickly, because of all places, he happens to land on a period drama film set! After facing the director’s wrath for veering away from a script he has no idea about, Kosaka is saved by the kind assistant director Yuka. The samurai soon comes to terms with his troubling situation and learns to make a living as a kirareyaku, a swordsman whose job is to die spectacularly on film. Mesmerised by the world of showbiz, will Kosaka adapt to his new reality, or will the grudges of the Edo period war slice his life apart? 

Features:
• Deleted Scenes
• Makiya Yamaguchi and Yuno Sakura behind the scenes talk show
• Teaser Trailer
• Trailer
• Slipcase Edition [2000 copies only]
• Region: A, B & C

‘A Samurai in Time’ is available to pre-order now from Amazon.co.uk or Terracottadistribution.com.

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