SAMURAI SENSEI

Film starring Hayato Ichihara gets advance screening in Kōchi, Kagoshima, Yamaguchi, Saga on Saturday The official website of the live-action film adaptation of of S-suke Kuroe's Samurai Sensei comedy manga began streaming a comment video and trailer for the film on Wednesday. The video starts with Hayato Ichihara commenting on the film and his role as protagonist Takeichi Hanpeita, before showing the film's trailer. The film will have an advance screening in TOHO CINEMAS in Kōchi, Kagoshima, Yamaguchi, and Saga on November 18, before having a wide opening in Japan in spring 2018. Aside from Ichihara, the film's cast also includes Shugo Oshinari, Gaku Oshida, Iriya Take, Yūsei Nishimura, Naruki Matsukawa, Yukijiro Hotaru, Toshiya Nagasawa, Megumi Okina, and Isao Hashizume. Kazushi Watanbe is directing the film and is also penning the script. The manga centers around Takeichi Hanpeita, a samurai who finds that he has traveled through time to modern-day Japan. He is t