A Samurai In Time
“A Samurai in Time” won the Gold Audience Award at the Fantasia Film Festival. It beat Soi Cheang’s “Twilight of the Warriors” which came in second place.
The film had its European Premiere on August 24th 2024 in London at Frightfest 2024 and will have its 1st Asian Premiere outside of Japan as one of the featured films during the Japanese Film Festival 2024 at GSC.
Cast: Makiya Yamaguchi as Kosaka Shinzaemon, Norimasa Fuke as Kyoichiro Kazami / Hikokuro Yamagata, Yuno Sakura as Yuko Yamamoto, Rantaro Mine as Sekimoto
Written & Directed: Junichi Yasuda
Synopsis: At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, during a stormy night a samurai prepares to fight against a ronin, when a flash of lighting hits and when he wakes up to find himself in a different time. He has been transported through time to the present day and the location where he was about to duel is now a film set for jidaigeki TV shows and movies. Still in his samurai clothes he is mistaken for an extra and immediately thrust into the world of jidaigeki 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.
“A Samurai In Time” is screening as part of the Japanese Film Festival 2024 (JFF2024) at the following GSC locations at prevailing ticket prices:
- Mid Valley
- 1 Utama
- IOI City Mall
- Gurney Plaza, Penang
- Paradigm Mall, Johor Bahru
- CityOne Megamall Kuching
- Suria Sabah, Kota Kinabalu
