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A samurai is inexplicably transported to modern times where he finds a benefactor who sets him up as a teacher at a small private school. It's charming. The samurai delights in smart phones and chocolate cake. It's also a fine snapshot of modern Japan. And yes, swordfights. Some nicely choreographed fights in fact. This was based on a manga and was made into TV series. It reminded me of Samurai Cat in how it balanced the sweetness of Japanese culture with bushido. Enjoyed it thoroughly.
DOOM recommended.
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Was this a library find?
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Amazon Prime again - although I think Hoopla might carry it. It's been in my queue for like a year.
It's very contemporary Japanese - cutesy and sweet but then it has this samurai side which is fatalistically poignant. Not a mind blowing film by any means but you could do a lot worse.
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Very good. It sounded intriguing.
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Really? It's got subs so it's not for tQ. Not bloody. Cute. He becomes the Samurai hottie on instagram.
Samurai Cat (
http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=4887) is much better at the cute Samurai motif but that's a series so a bigger commitment. Plus this has the temporal-outsider plot device which is always kinda funny.
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