A Boy and His Samurai

A Boy and His Samurai (ちょんまげぷりん, Chonmage Purin, Chonmage Pudding) is a 2010 Japanese time travel comedy film, directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura.

A Boy and His Samurai
Film poster
Directed by	Yoshihiro Nakamura
Screenplay by	Yoshihiro Nakamura
Based on	Fushigi no Kuni no Yasubei by Gen Araki
Starring	Ryo Nishikido Rie Tomosaka Fuku Suzuki Hiroki Konno Keisuke Horibe Hitomi Satō Shiori Kutsuna Yūji Nakamura Jun Inoue
Release date	July 31, 2010 (2010-07-31) (Japan)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$ 1 763 791 [1]

Plot

Based on a manga by Gen Araki,^[2] the film chronicles the adventures of a samurai who accidentally travels through time from Edo-era Japan to present-day Japan where he meets a single working mother and her young son.

Cast

• Ryo Nishikido - Kijima Yasube
• Rie Tomosaka - Hiroko Yusa
• Fuku Suzuki - Tomoya Yusa
• Jun Inoue - Tonoma Tomoharu (teacher)
• Keisuke Horibe - Shirozaki
• Hiroki Konno - Tanaka
• Hitomi Satō - Yoshie Hiraishi
• Yūji Nakamura - TV presenter
• Shiori Kutsuna