Movie

G.I. Samurai

Released: September 17, 1979 (1979)

Runtime: 139 minutes

Genres: Action, Science Fiction, War

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Sonny Chiba as Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
Age at release: 40
Isao Natsuyagi as Nagao Kagetora
Age at release: 39
Isao Kuraishi as Masao Maruoka
Age at release: 35
Tsunehiko Watase as Hayato Yano
Age at release: 35
Kôji Naka as Taisuke Mimura
Age at release: 31
Akira Nishikino as Koji Kikuchi
Age at release: 30
Ryô Hayami as Kazumichi Morishita
Age at release: 29
Jun Etoh as Nobuhiko Ken
Age at release: 27
Yoichi Miura as Manabu Nonaka
Age at release: 25
Ken Takahashi as Masayoshi Hirai
Age at release: 23

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Masashi Ishibashi as Hosokawa Fujitaka
Age at release: 46
Moeko Ezawa as Widow Yui
Age at release: 44
Hitoshi Ōmae as Kuribayashi Magoichi
Age at release: 43
Raita Ryu as Haruhisa Kimura
Age at release: 39
Shinichirō Mikami as Goichi Shimada
Age at release: 39
Shin Kishida as Naoe Bungo
Age at release: 39
Kentaro Kudo as Ishiba Takehide
Age at release: 38
Hirohisa Nakata as Kuroda Naoharu
Age at release: 36
Kenzō Kawarasaki as Koji Kano
Age at release: 35
Kazunaga Tsuji as Shoichiro Ono
Age at release: 35
Goro Kataoka as Tategawa Katsuzo
Age at release: 35
Katsumasa Uchida as Asaba Yorichika
Age at release: 34
Hiromitsu Suzuki as Go Nishizawa
Age at release: 33
Takuzo Kadono as Seaman Toshishige Suga
Age at release: 31
Toshitaka Itō as Seaman Harumi Takashima
Age at release: 30
Jinya Sato as Osamu Seki
Age at release: 26
Akihiro Shimizu as Satoshi Onishi
Age at release: 21
Nana Okada as Kazuko Arai
Age at release: 20
Miyuki Ono as Miwa
Age at release: 19
Tadashi Kano as Sgt. Hideo Shimizu
Age at release: Unknown