American Samurai

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American Samurai

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Movie Info

In this lively actioner, a samurai warrior adopts an American boy and later gives him the treasured family sword. Unfortunately, this rouses the jealousy of his wicked stepbrother who is involved with yakuzas and illegal sword-fighting contests, and who vows that he will get revenge upon the Yankee brat.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Action & Adventure
Directed By:

Sam Firstenberg
Written By:

John Corcoran
On Disc/Streaming:

Dec 6, 2005
Runtime:

89 minutes
Studio:

Cannon Pictures

Cast

David Bradley
as Drew

Mark Dacascos
as Kenjiro Sanga

Valarie Trapp
as Janet Ward

John Fujioka
as Tatsuya Sanga

Valerie Trapp

Melissa Hellman
as Samantha

Rex Ryon

Michael Morim
as Police Chief

Tony Szeto
as Phan Xu

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Critic Reviews for American Samurai

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Will a bad script ever overlook a good clich?

December 9, 2005 | Rating: 3/10 | Full Review…

John J. Puccio
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Audience Reviews for American Samurai

Mar 20, 2007

Good samurai fight between David Bradley and Mark Dacascos, who plays villian and tries to seem Japanese in a violent tournament to the death.

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