

A Samurai in Time
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.
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- Released
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- Language
- Japanese
- samurai
- lightning
- time travel
- filmmaking
- movie set
- jidaigeki
- edo period
- present day
- isekai
- samourai
- struck by lightning
- extra
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Release dates
United KingdomGB
- PremiereFrightFest24 Aug 2024
CanadaCA
- PremiereFantasia International Film Festival28 Jul 2024
ColombiaCO
- PremiereFantasmagoría - Festival de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de Medellín17 Oct 2024
FinlandFI
- PremiereNight Visions Film Festival13 Nov 2024
- TheatricalK-1215 Aug 2025
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP10 Jun 2026
Hong KongHK
- Theatrical (limited)12 Jun 2025
JapanJP
- PremiereKyoto Historica International Film Festival14 Oct 2023
- TheatricalG17 Aug 2024
South KoreaKR
- PremiereALLSeoul Independent Film Festival1 Dec 2025
- Theatrical24 Jun 2026
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1111 Jul 2025
TaiwanTW
- PremiereGolden Horse Fantastic Film Festival11 Apr 2025
- Theatrical9 May 2025
ThailandTH
- PremiereJapanese Film Festival7 Feb 2025
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A Samurai in Time was released on 17 August 2024.
Audience reviews
3- C10/10
Chris Sawin
8/12/2024
_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 fully invested in the story. For a guy who did the majority of the behind-the-scenes work himself, director Junichi Yasuda has crafted a genuine film of kindness, integrity, and purely delightful entertainment. **Full review:** https://bit.ly/TimeRonin
- R9/10
r96sk
8/19/2025
<em>'A Samurai in Time'</em> is truly splendid. I wouldn't actually describe it as anything super enthralling or anything, but it is supremely watchable, fairly amusing and surprisingly hearty - the 120+ minute run time flew by. I'd happily revisit this one. The performances of Makiya Yamaguchi and Norimasa Fuke are of real quality, both individually and as a collective. I totally believed and bought into the traj…
- J6/10
Jason Morehead
9/5/2026
*A Samurai in Time* is an obvious love-letter to the *jidaigeki* genre and as such, a clearly personal project for writer/director Jun’ichi Yasuda, who funded the film’s production with his own money. *A Samurai in Time* is certainly charming and pleasant. So much so, in facy, that I do feel kind of bad for not liking it more than I did. [**Read my full review**](https://opus.ing/diet/539590)
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