i would firstly say that somehow i remember see this movie in my early childhood and i couldn not read the subtitle and i think sonny chiba be sean connery . but i do really like the concept . if you be not able to at least partially suspend your adult scepticism and embrace your inner seven your old you may want to avoid this movie . that say and have just watch the restored 137 minute version on dvd i have to say i enjoy it and though not as much a when i be seven ( i remember the end ) . there be aspect of the movie that be worthy of criticism and the first 15 minute and final 15 minute both have some really comic moment and my favourite be the contrast between scene act out in the final 10 minute and the curious choice of back music ( listen to the lyric ) . for an action film there be a great deal of focus on the personal story of certain soldier and the social dynamic of the squad a the strain of their time travel take it toll . by the end of the movie i have decide that this be a good thing and when seven i though the relationship guff be a bad thing . for an action film there be also plenty of gratify gory action and especially a couple of epic battle scene between the platoon and horde of shogun era warrior . the maker of the movie have ensure that as many death a possible be bloody and and let face it and humorous . i think this be a splendid aspect of the movie when i be a kid and and i be not ashamed to say that i still do . i also like the fact that the modern day soldier in general do not spend the movie walking on egg shell try to avoid alter the space time continuum and they have get heavy calibre machine gun and mortar and rocket launcher and a tank and a helicopter and theyre hell bent on make feudal japan theirs . which be what i would like to think any vigorous imdb user would do in their boot . in short the movie worth watch and it make the viewer regret that there be not more movie make with a similar premise and and at the same time offer some hefty hint a to why a movie like g. i. samurai be so unique .