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Samurai taimusurippa

2024Age guide: 12+

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  • United StatesAmazon Prime Video · Philo · The Roku Channel
  • AustraliaSBS On Demand
  • SwedenCineasterna
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  • JapanNetflix · Amazon Prime Video
  • DenmarkFilmstriben
  • Hong KongLINE TV
  • NorwayFilmoteket · Cineasterna
  • South KoreaWatcha · TVING
  • TaiwanCatchplay · LINE TV
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Checked 11 Nov 2026 · Data: JustWatch

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A samurai who gets hit by lightning wakes up to find himself on a film set in the present day and starts to work as an extra on samurai films.

★ 7.2/10 · 31 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

  • Makiya YamaguchiShinzaemon Kosaka
  • Norimasa FukeKyoichiro Kazami
  • Yuno SakuraYuko Yamamoto
  • Rantaro MineSwordfight Arranger Sekimoto
  • Ken ShonozakiHikokuro Yamagata in His Youth
  • Manko KurenaiSetsuko
  • Yoshiharu FukudaChief Priest of Seikei-ji Temple
  • Hajime InoueHead of both Studio Inoue

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

Chris Sawin: A Samurai in Time is one of the most heartwarming time-traveling films you will ever see. The characters are well-written and you become… Read full review

r96sk: 'A Samurai in Time' is truly splendid. I wouldn't actually describe it as anything super enthralling or anything, but it is supremely watchable,… Read full review

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