Samurai Commando DVD

Three-time Godzilla director Tezuka Masaaki helms Samurai Commando: 1549, a contemporary remake of the 1979 film GI Samurai, a time travel tale that starred the legendary actor Sonny Chiba. With a script by popular novelist Fukui Harutoshi and state-of-the-art CGI special effects, this reimagination of the 1970s era film looks to top the original on every level! The film was made with the participation of Japan's Special Defense Force and features actual military vehicles and equipment, from tanks to helicopters and everything in between! Samurai Commando: 1549 revolves around a highly classified test involving an experimental magnetic shield. When the ieutenant in charge of the operation accidentally causes a rift in the space time continuum, a group of SDF soldiers are thrown back in time to the year 1549. The government tries to cover up the accident, but years later, when an opportunity arises, a military unit codenamed ""Romeo"" is sent through the portal of time to bring back their missing comrades and save the world from total annihilation. Led by Kashima (Yosuke Eguchi), this special unit soon discovers that the previous unit's head honcho, Colonel Matoba (Kaga Takeshi), has tried to change the course of history by transforming Japan into the dominant world superpower! Can he be defeated? And if not, how will his meddling affect time itself? It'll take a lot more than luck for these soldiers to get back to the future...