Director: Josh C. Waller

Cast: Shogen, Yayan Ruhian, Rama Ramadhan, Sumire Ashina, Faisal Rachman

Lone Samurai is a 2025 action-drama film directed by Josh C. Waller, set in 13th-century feudal Japan and the remote Indonesian archipelago. A stranded warrior confronting his own death discovers that survival itself becomes the most brutal test of honor he has ever faced.

What is Lone Samurai about?

After his vessel founders in a violent storm, a Japanese samurai finds himself washed ashore on what appears to be an uninhabited island far from his homeland. Stripped of purpose and comrades, he begins to prepare for a ritualized end — the only death he considers worthy of his code. That moment is interrupted when a tribe of cannibals takes him captive. Suddenly the warrior who had chosen to die must fight with everything he has left just to see the next sunrise. The film traces his struggle not only against external dangers but against the despair and isolation that nearly broke him before any enemy could.

Cast & crew

Director Josh C. Waller brings a genre-blending sensibility to this Indonesia-US co-production. Japanese actor Shogen carries the demanding lead role largely through physical performance, while Indonesian martial arts veteran Yayan Ruhian — recognized globally for his visceral screen fighting — provides formidable opposition. The international ensemble includes Sumire Ashina, Faisal Rachman, and Fatih Unru, grounding the island setting in regional authenticity.

Context & significance

Persian-speaking audiences who grew up with classic samurai cinema — the stoic warrior codes, the discipline of the blade, the weight of honor — will find familiar territory here refracted through an Indonesian lens. The film pairs Japanese bushido tradition with Southeast Asian location filmmaking and a survival-horror edge, making it a distinctive crossover pick. Lone Samurai is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so viewers can follow every confrontation without missing a word, whether they prefer dubbed immersion or reading along.

Where & how to watch

Lone Samurai is available on K-Time now, fully dubbed in Persian and also carrying Persian subtitles. Stream it on your browser, smart TV, or phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, and no extra download. Subscribe and cancel anytime.