Samurai Sensei

Samurai Sensei
Also known asSamurai Teacher
サムライせんせい
GenreDrama, comedy
Created byEsusuke Kuroe (manga)
Written byTsutomu Kuroiwa
Directed byOsamu Katayama
Hisashi Kimura
StarringRyo Nishikido
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Manami Higa
Opening themeSamurai Song by Kanjani Eight
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerSatoko Uchiyama
Running time60 min (Japan)
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
Release23 October (2015-10-23) –
11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)

Samurai Sensei (サムライせんせい) is a 2015 Japanese television drama based on the manga written by Esusuke Kuroe about a samurai who time-travelled 150 years to modern day Japan.[1] The series was broadcast by TV Asahi from 13 October to 11 December 2015.

Plot

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While committing seppuku during the Bakumatsu period in Japan, Takechi Hanpeita (Ryo Nishikido) finds himself unwittingly transported to modern-day rural Japan. The disconcerted samurai is taken in by a kind-hearted elderly man who runs a tuition centre, much to the dismay of the latter's grandchildren Haruka and Toranosuke. Despite making little effort to conceal his disdain for the Westernisation of his beloved homeland, Hanpeita finds himself slowly adapting to his new life while figuring ways to get back to his wife.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "関ジャニ・錦戸、2度目のタイムスリップ"サムライ"役 幕末志士が学習塾の先生に [Kanjani's Nishikido, in his second role as a time-travelling samurai from Bakumatsu period who becomes a tuition centre teacher". Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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