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G.I. Samurai
Genres
ActionScience FictionWar
Overview
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 supreme Shogun.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
139 min
Release Date
1979-09-17
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
32
Vote Average
5.953
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Sonny Chiba
Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
Isao Natsuyagi
Nagao Kagetora
Kôji Naka
Taisuke Mimura
Jun Etoh
Nobuhiko Ken
Ryô Hayami
Kazumichi Morishita
Akira Nishikino
Koji Kikuchi
Yōichi Miura
Manabu Nonaka
Hiroshi Kamayatsu
Mokichi Nemoto
Isao Kuraishi
Masao Maruoka
Ken Takahashi
Masayoshi Hirai
Tsunehiko Watase
Hayato Yano
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Koji Kano
Takuzô Kadono
Seaman Toshishige Suga
Hiromitsu Suzuki
Go Nishizawa
Raita Ryu
Haruhisa Kimura
Shinichirō Mikami
Goichi Shimada
Kazunaga Tsuji
Shoichiro Ono
Toshitaka Itō
Seaman Harumi Takashima
Tadashi Kano
Sgt. Hideo Shimizu
Akihiro Shimizu
Satoshi Onishi
Jinya Sato
Osamu Seki
Miyuki Ono
Miwa
Nana Okada
Kazuko Arai
Moeko Ezawa
Widow Yui
Hitoshi Ōmae
Kuribayashi Magoichi
Kentaro Kudo
Ishiba Takehide
Goro Kataoka
Tategawa Katsuzo
Katsumasa Uchida
Asaba Yorichika
Shin Kishida
Naoe Bungo
Masashi Ishibashi
Hosokawa Fujitaka
Hirohisa Nakata
Kuroda Naoharu
Haruki Kadokawa
Sanada Masayuki
Mizuho Suzuki
Ashikaga Yoshiaki
Mikio Narita
Kosa
Noboru Nakaya
Yoshitaka Kujo
Asao Koike
Koizumi Yukinaga
Hiroshi Tanaka
Takeda Shingen
Hiroyuki Sanada
Takeda Katsuyori
Kaori Taniguchi
Shokichi & Mai's Mother
Kyoko Nami
Female Villager
Toshiko Suemune
Woman on the Patrol Boat
Gajirō Satō
Foot Soldier
Junichi Tatsu
Foot Soldier
Masaharu Nagai
Foot Soldier
Toby Kadoguchi
Koizumi's Important Courtier
Kōtarō Sugie
Koizumi's Important Courtier
Rintarô Kaga
Koizumi's Retainer
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Koizumi's Retainer
Eiji Tachibana
Koizumi's Retainer
Takashi Ebata
Messenger of Mitsusa
Takashi Yagi
Messenger of Bungo
Mitsuru Sawa
Kagetora's Entourage
Takeo Shinkai
Kagetora's Entourage
Eiichi Kikuchi
Kagetora's Entourage
Shin Tatsuma
Kagetora's Entourage
Shingo Ôtsuji
Kagetora's Entourage
Noriko Honma
Old Woman
Ryudo Uzaki
Ochimusha
Yôsuke Naka
Ochimusha
Yūzō Harumi
Ochimusha
Hiroshi Katsuno
Track Coach
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Young Takeda Samurai
Masao Kusakari
Masakichi
Toshio Suzuki
Koizumi's Retainer
Tomoko Hanazono
Woman on the Patrol Boat
Kaoru Kubota
Woman on the Patrol Boat
Maki Nagasawa
Woman on the Patrol Boat
Miki Natsuyama
Woman on the Patrol Boat
Konjou Kiyomi
Female Villager
Asa Takami
Female Villager
Maiko Otsuka
Mai
Koji Iizuka
Shokichi
Kokontei Shinkoma
Kenji Hori
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