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A Samurai in Time

2024 · 131 min

A gentle, quietly funny fish-out-of-water tale that turns film-set absurdity into something tender and unexpectedly moving.

Directed by
Junichi Yasuda
Genres
Comedy
Overview
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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Directed by
Junichi Yasuda
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • art
  • found family
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism4
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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