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Sengoku jieitai (1979)

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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 ... See full summary »

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Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jun Etô ...
Nobuhiko Ken
Moeko Ezawa ...
Widow Yui
Ryô Hayami ...
Kazumichi Morishita
Noriko Honma ...
Old Woman
Koji Iizuka ...
Shokichi
Masashi Ishibashi ...
Toshitaka Itô ...
Seaman Harumi Takashima
Haruki Kadokawa ...
Takuzô Kadono ...
Seaman Toshishige Suga
Hiroshi Kamayatsu ...
Mokichi Nemoto
Goro Kataoka ...
Tategawa Katsuzo
Tadashi Kato ...
Sgt. Hideo Shimizu
Hiroshi Katsuno ...
Track Coach
Kenzô Kawarasaki ...
Koji Kano
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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. The squad leader, Lt. Iba, sees this as the perfect opportunity to realize his dream of becoming the ruler of Japan. To achieve this, he teams his troops up with those of Kagatori, a samurai daimyo who also aspires to become Shogun. Are either of these power-hungry warriors to be trusted? Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

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Probably the worst film ever made.
2 December 2000 | by (London, England) – See all my reviews

I'm sorry but this is just awful. I have told people about this film and some of the bad acting that is in it and they almost don't believe me. There is nothing wrong with the idea, modern day Japanese troops get pulled back in time to the days of Busido warriors and with their modern weapons are a match for almost everything. When the troops first realise something strange is happening does every single person in the back of the transport need to say "Hey my watch has stopped"? Imagine lines like that being repeated 15+ times before they say anything else and you have the movie's lack of greatness in a nutshell.


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