Samurai Sensei Explained

Alt Name:Samurai Teacher
Genre:Drama, comedy
Creator:Esusuke Kuroe (manga)
Director:Osamu Katayama
Hisashi Kimura
Starring:Ryo Nishikido
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Manami Higa
Opentheme:Samurai Song by Kanjani Eight
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese
Num Episodes:8
Producer:Satoko Uchiyama
Runtime:60 min (Japan)
Channel:TV Asahi

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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 | accessdate=4 March 2016 | archive-date=23 October 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023032900/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2058465/full/ | url-status=live ].