Samurai Shifters

Aug 30, 2019

2h 0m

★ 5.7

Overview

Shunnosuke Katagiri is a samurai and a bookworm. He receives a mission to help a daimyo move. With the assistance of Genemon Takamura and Oran, Shunnosuke Katagiri carries out his mission.

Genres

Comedy

History

Production Companies

Shochiku Studio

TV Tokyo

Shochiku

Kinoshita Group

Hakuhodo

Aeon Entertainment

Horipro

Shochiku Broadcasting

King Records

The Asahi Shimbun

BS TV Tokyo

TV Osaka

Korona World

Samurai Shifters Trailers

Cast

Harunosuke Katagiri

Gen Hoshino

Genemon Takamura

Issey Takahashi

Miss Oran

Mitsuki Takahata

Sanemon Motomura

Yutaka Matsushige

Naonori Matsudaira

Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Ichirota Yamasato

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Kenmotsu Nakanishi

Gaku Hamada

Shuzo Fujiwara

Masahiko Nishimura

Yasuko Tomita

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