Samurai Commando: Mission 1549

Samurai Commando: Mission 1549
戦国自衛隊1549
(Sengoku Jietai 1549)
Created byRyō Hanmura (novel Sengoku Jieitai)
Manga
Written byHarutoshi Fukui
Illustrated byArk Performance
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 26, 2005December 26, 2005
Volumes2
Live-action film
Directed byMasaaki Tezuka
Produced byKadokawa Eiga K.K.
Written byHarutoshi Fukui
Yasushi Matsuura
Kiyoto Takeuchi
Music byshezoo
StudioToho
ReleasedJune 11, 2005
Runtime120 minutes

Samurai Commando: Mission 1549, known in Japan as Sengoku Self-Defense Forces 1549 (戦国自衛隊1549, Sengoku Jieitai 1549), is a 2005 Japanese feature-length film and manga series focusing on the adventures of a modern-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) element that accidentally travels through time to the Warring States period of Japanese history.

Both the film and manga are based on Sengoku Jieitai (aka "Time-Slip", "GI Samurai", 1979), an action film which starred Sonny Chiba as the leader of a JGSDF platoon sent back to feudal Japan.

The manga series was drawn by manga artist group Ark Performance. The scenario was written by Fukui Harutoshi, based on Ryo Hanmura's novel.