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.
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.