G.I. Samurai Limited Edition Blu-ray with Slipcover (Arrow Video U.S.) [Preorder]

Preorder scheduled for release on May 5, 2026

G.I. Samurai sees action superstar Sonny Chiba (The Street Fighter) heading the cast in a rip-roaring time-slip action blockbuster in which guns, tanks and helicopters come up against katana-wielding warriors on horseback!

During a routine military exercise, modern-day soldiers led by Second Lieutenant Iba (Chiba) find themselves transported back in time four hundred years to war-torn feudal Japan. Facing attack by samurai warriors from rival clans, frictions rapidly emerge among these modern-day soldiers, whisked from a time of peace, freed from the strictures of a higher authority and stranded in one of the bloodiest and most decisive periods in Japan’s history.

Based on a novel by Ryo Hanmura and directed by Kosei Saito (Ninja Wars), G.I. Samurai’s epic battle scenes wowed Japanese audiences upon release in 1979 and are now more awe-inspiring than ever in a new 4K restoration by Kadokawa Pictures.

Product Features

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original lossless Japanese mono and 4.0 stereo surround audio, and remixed 5.1 surround audio
• Optional newly translated English subtitles
• Two optional viewing modes via seamless branching: the original Japanese version or the uncut English-language version titled Time Slip, with lossless English mono audio
• Brand new audio commentary by Samm Deighan and Tom Mes
• The Good Fight, an introduction by Japanese film specialist Mark Schilling
• Acting in Self Defence, an appreciation by Matt Alt, author of Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World
• Back in Time, a discussion of the film by authors and film critics Masaaki Nomura and Tatsuya Masuto
• Cast and crew interviews from 2005 with Sonny Chiba, Isao Natsuyagi, Hiromitsu Suzuki, Kamayatsu Monsieur, Jun Eto and Isao Kuraishi
• Original theatrical trailers
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
• Collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Josh Slater-Williams

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