A SAMURAI IN TIME
DISCOVERY SCREEN 3
SATURDAY 24 AUGUST - 6.25 PM
SUNDAY 25 AUGUST - 1.00 PM
Director: Junichi Yasuda.
With: Makiya Yamaguchi, Norimasa Fuke, Yuno Sakura, Rantaro Mine.
Japan 2024. 131 mins.
EUROPEAN PREMIERE - During the Edo period in Kyoto, a samurai prepares to fight a ronin when a flash of lightning hits him. Waking up, he learns he’s been transported through time to the present day, and the duel location is now a film set for ‘jidaigeki’ TV shows and movies. Still, in his samurai clothes, he’s mistaken for an extra and immediately thrust into the world of movie production. Due to his ‘authentic’ look and language, he’s employed on many shows and soon plays the role of a ‘kiraeyaku’, a swordsman whose job is to spectacularly and continuously die on screen.
FrightFest features horror, fantasy, science fiction and thriller films with an overall 18 rating. Therefore, all films will feature an assortment of the following: supernatural/alien threats, strong language, upsetting scenes, violence, gore, blood, suicide, monstrous menace, tobacco products, creature mayhem, psychological intimidation, sexual imagery, death, child endangerment, maiming, religious profanity, abusive behaviour, bullying, nudity, drug use, strobe lighting and racial stereotyping.