An Ancient Samurai Warrior Wakes Up in The 80s and Goes on a Killing Rampage in The 1984 Film GHOST WARRIOR
I had a vague memory of a movie that I saw a long time ago about an ancient Samurai warrior who wakes up in the modern day after being frozen in ice for over 400 years. I’ve been trying to remember the name of this movie for a long time and I finally found it!
The movie is a 1984 film called Ghost Warrior and it centers around a 400-year-old samurai warrior named Yoshimitsu Taga, who is found in a cave and entombed in ice. He ends up being transported to the United States in a secret operation and revived through cryosurgery. He then escapes and ends up going on a killing rampage in Los Angeles! The description says that he is “forced to battle for his freedom, dignity and life.”
The tagline for the movie is: “100 Years Ago He Was A Legend . . . Today, He's A Living Hell.”
Do any of you remember seeing this movie? If not, I think it’s a fun flick worth checking out, especially with a group of friends. It’s a classic “fish out of water” story and it may come off as being super silly, but at the same time it’s packed full of imagination and some entertaining and cheesy craziness.
The movie was directed by J. Larry Carroll a writer for several classic cartoon series like G.I. Joe, Thundercats, BraveStarr, He-Man, The Original Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more. He also wrote episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and StarGate SG-1. This is the only thing that he’s ever directed.
The movie stars Hiroshi Fujioka in the role of Yoshimitsu. He was an actual sensei of swordsmanship and he really was awesome in this role. The movie is worth watching just for him.
Check out a trailer that was released for the film when the Blu-ray was being promoted. If you’ve seen the movie and you don’t remember it, this will bring back the memories.