“それがし、「斬られ役」にござる。”
時は幕末、京の夜。 会津藩士高坂新左衛門は暗闇に身を潜めていた。 「長州藩士を討て」と家老じきじきの密命である。 名乗り合い両者が刃を交えた刹那、落雷が轟いた。 やがて眼を覚ますと、そこは現代の時代劇撮影所。 新左衛門は行く先々で騒ぎを起こしながら、 守ろうとした江戸幕府がとうの昔に滅んだと知り愕然となる。 一度は死を覚悟したものの心優しい人々に助けられ 少しずつ元気を取り戻していく。 やがて「我が身を立てられるのはこれのみ」と刀を握り締め、 新左衛門は磨き上げた剣の腕だけを頼りに「斬られ役」として生きていくため撮影所の門を叩くのであった。
映画化された原作や関連書籍を読んで、映像との違いや独自の世界観を楽しみましょう。
_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
<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 trajectory of the characters, which is impressive as otherwise they've could've been quite plain 'fish out of water' types. Yuno Sakura (cool to read about her backstory for this, same can be said for the film as a whole in fact), Rantaro Mine and Tsutomu Tamura manage to stick out behind the main two, as do a few other of the more minimal roles in this; e.g. Manko Kurenai’s. It does lean on the out of place trope, but I don't mean that negatively whatsoever because they add their own thing to keep it feeling fresh. As the minutes tick by, it relies less and less on that and the, relatively more unique, conclusion is the film at its best in my opinion. Great film! It was also nice to learn a bit about Jidaigeki, too. My first venture into its world, I believe.
