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Samurai Kids (水の旅人 侍KIDS, Mizu no Tabibito Samurai Kiddzu, lit. 'Water Traveller-Samurai Kids') is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi.[1]

Samurai Kids
Film poster
Directed by	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Screenplay by	Masumi Suetani[1]
Story by	Masumi Suetani[1]
Starring	Tsutomu Yamazaki Ryo Yoshida Ayumi Ito Tomoyo Harada
Cinematography	Yoshitaka Sakamoto[1]
Music by	Jo Hisaishi[1]
Production companies	Fuji-TV Office 21 Toho Co., Ltd Right Vision[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	17 July 1993 (1993-07-17) (Japan)
Running time	106 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Tsutomu Yamazaki[1] as Sutonahiko Suminoe (sometimes referred to as 'old man' by Satoru), a miniature samurai who a little boy discovers in a river.
• Ryō Yoshida[1] as Satoru, a young boy.
• Ayumi Ito[1] as Chizuko, Satoru's sister.
• Jun Fubuki[1] as Yuuko, Satoru's mother.
• Kiyotaka Nanbara[1]
• Onoe Ushinosuke VI[1]
• Tōru Yuri[1]
• Tomoyo Harada[1] as Yuki, a librarian who introduces Satoru to the legends of miniature samurai.
• Ittoku Kishibe[1] as Fumihiro, Satoru's father.
• Ishirō Honda as Grandfather[1]—Obayashi included Honda's portrait as a cameo after his death, honouring him as a filmmaker paying respects to him as a friend.

Release

Samurai Kids was distributed theatrically in Japan by Toho on 17 July 1993.[1] In the Philippines, the film was released as My Little Bodyguard on 24 August 1995.[2]

Reception

Samurai Kids won an Excellence-Silver Award for Japanese Movies in the 11th Golden Gloss Award.[3] The film won two awards at the Japanese Academy Awards: Best Music Score for Joe Hisaishi and the Popularity Awards for the Most Popular Film.[1]

References

Sources

External links

• Samurai Kids at IMDb

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