--- title: 'G.I. Samurai (1979)' type: 'film' director: 'Kōsei Saitō' released: '1979-01-01' runtime_minutes: 139 genres: - 'Science Fiction' - 'Adventure' countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/gi-samurai-1979' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083050/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # G.I. Samurai (1979) 1979 · 139 min · Science Fiction, Adventure · Japan Original title: 戦国自衛隊 ## Synopsis G.I. Samurai , also known as Time Slip, is a 1979 Japanese science fiction/action film focusing on the adventures of a modern-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) team that accidentally travels in time to the Warring States period . The film stars Sonny Chiba, one of the top male Japanese actors of the time, and was based on a novel by Ryo Hanmura, a well-known writer of historical novels and science fiction. A remake was theatrically released in Japan in 2005 under the title Samurai Commando: Mission 1549. ## Credits - **Producer:** [Haruki Kadokawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruki-kadokawa) - **Director:** [Kōsei Saitō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kosei-saito) - **Screenplay:** [Toshio Kamata](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshio-kamata) - **Original Music Composer:** [Kentarō Haneda](https://cinepixo.com/people/kentaro-haneda) ## Cast - [Jun Etō](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-eto) - [Kenzō Kawarasaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenzo-kawarasaki) - [Hiromitsu Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiromitsu-suzuki) - [Raita Ryū](https://cinepixo.com/people/raita-ryu) - [Etsuko Shihomi](https://cinepixo.com/people/etsuko-shihomi) - [Isao Natsuyagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/isao-natsuyagi) - [Hiroko Yakushimaru](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroko-yakushimaru) - [Haruki Kadokawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruki-kadokawa) - [Asao Koike](https://cinepixo.com/people/asao-koike) - [Masao Kusakari](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-kusakari) - [Sonny Chiba](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonny-chiba) - [Tsunehiko Watase](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsunehiko-watase) - [Hiroyuki Sanada](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroyuki-sanada) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/gi-samurai-1979 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1032603); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.