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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about G.I. Samurai |
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A Japanese Defence Force platoon "time slips" back to medieval Japan. The Lietennant makes friends with a warlord, fights off an attack, puts down a mutiny, and helps the warlord overthrow his cowarldy lord. Then the Lietennant and the warlord decide that they can rule the land, and the platoon (with its tank, helicopter, machine guns, etc) engages in a huge battle with a humongus and fiercly loyal medieval Japanese army. They lose almost everything, but a few survive and the Lt. duels the enemy warlord. The Lt. is now corrupt with power and the friendly warlord must do something about it. There is lots and lots and lots of battlefield violence and displays of courage and a little bit of fraternization between a soldier and a local girl. Some flaws in storytelling and all the bad dubbing and hokey dialogue make it difficult to watch when the action is not happening.
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of G.I. Samurai |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Time Travel:
- primarily to the past
Powerplays
Yes
Plotlets:
- struggle within govt/kingdom factions
War and Invasion
Yes
Major kinds of combat:
- sword fights
Time Travel Story?
Yes
To what time period?
- Middle Ages-1899
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a fight for survival
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Ethnicity
- Japanese
Setting
Water?
Yes
Forests?
Yes
Misc settings
- fort/castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- None
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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