During the Edo period in Kyoto, a samurai prepares to fight a ronin, when a flash of lightning hits him. Waking up he learns he’s been transported through time to the present day and the duel location is now a film set for ‘jidaigeki’ TV shows and movies. Still in his samurai clothes, he’s mistaken for an extra and immediately thrust into the world of movie production. Due to his ‘authentic’ look and language, he’s employed on many shows and soon plays the role of a ‘kiraeyaku’, a swordsman whose job is to spectacularly, and continuously, die on screen.