After a plane crash in the Japanese mountains, its only survivor—a baby named Andrew Collins—is adopted by Tatsuya Sanga, a samurai master. Andrew, along with the samurai's son, Kenjiro, are trained in the warrior’s way. Andrew excels in his training and soon surpasses his stepbrother’s skills. Kenjiro's jealousy pushes him to join the Yakuza, where he takes the Yakuza oath and forsakes the moral values of the samurai’s code. He leaves his father’s home, swearing to one day take revenge on his brother. Ten years later, Andrew works in L.A. as a journalist. He and a female photographer track down an opium-smuggling operation in Turkey. Soon, the drug dealers kidnapped the girl, forcing Andrew to enter a deadly weapons based martial-arts tournament ruled by illegal gamblers whose greatest champion is the lethal Kenjiro.
The DVD is available in Region 1. However, it is based on the edited R-rated cut. This version has subtitles added to the days of the tournament (i.e. "Day 2", "Day 3", etc.) Additionally, many scenes of violence or injury are zoomed in on, poorly cropped, or deleted altogether to avoid explicit details. The unrated cut has different dialogue in some scenes, no subtitles, and all of the violence is onscreen and considerably more graphic. This version is not available in the United States but can be found in other regions. There is an uncut Belgian bootleg DVD and the British version has approximately one second of footage cut.[2]
american, samurai, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, addi. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources American Samurai news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message An editor has performed a search and found that sufficient sources exist to establish the subject s notability Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources American Samurai news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message American Samurai is a martial arts action film directed by Sam Firstenberg and starring David Bradley and Mark Dacascos and produced by Cannon Films Filmed in Turkey it was released in the United States in 1992 1 American SamuraiDirected bySam FirstenbergWritten byJohn CorcoranStarringDavid BradleyMark DacascosProductioncompanyGlobal PicturesDistributed byCannon FilmsRelease datesDecember 22 1992 1992 12 22 Germany March 3 1993 1993 03 03 United States November 3 1993 Japan Running time94 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast 3 Home media and alternate versions 4 See also 5 References 6 External links 7 See alsoPremise editAfter a plane crash in the Japanese mountains its only survivor a baby named Andrew Collins is adopted by Tatsuya Sanga a samurai master Andrew along with the samurai s son Kenjiro are trained in the warrior s way Andrew excels in his training and soon surpasses his stepbrother s skills Kenjiro s jealousy pushes him to join the Yakuza where he takes the Yakuza oath and forsakes the moral values of the samurai s code He leaves his father s home swearing to one day take revenge on his brother Ten years later Andrew works in L A as a journalist He and a female photographer track down an opium smuggling operation in Turkey Soon the drug dealers kidnapped the girl forcing Andrew to enter a deadly weapons based martial arts tournament ruled by illegal gamblers whose greatest champion is the lethal Kenjiro Cast editDavid Bradley as Andrew Drew Collins Mariano Edelman as Drew Collins As Teenager Euthymios Logothetis as Drew Collins As Baby Mark Dacascos as Kenjiro Sanga Tal Akioshi Kitaoka as Kenjiro Sanga As Teenager Valarie Trapp as Janet Ward Rex Ryon as Ed Harrison Melissa Hellman as Samantha John Fujioka as Tatsuya Sanga Douvi Cohen as Stephano Rocky McDonald as Conan Ron Vreeken as McKinney Dion Lam as Hsing Yi Lee Antony Szeto as Phan Xu Melnik Dubroviko as Contestant Kevin Villis as Contestant Avi Mamn as Contestant Vladimir Markov as Contestant Mark Warren as Turk In Disco Lars Koby Azarly as Turk In Disco Shalom Avitan as Turk In Disco Baruch Berkin as Hotel Clerk Arie Moscuna as Announcer Michael Morim as Police Chief Misha Gal as Body Guard John Slater as Body Guard Sigalit Shiry as Belly DancerHome media and alternate versions editThe DVD is available in Region 1 However it is based on the edited R rated cut This version has subtitles added to the days of the tournament i e Day 2 Day 3 etc Additionally many scenes of violence or injury are zoomed in on poorly cropped or deleted altogether to avoid explicit details The unrated cut has different dialogue in some scenes no subtitles and all of the violence is onscreen and considerably more graphic This version is not available in the United States but can be found in other regions There is an uncut Belgian bootleg DVD and the British version has approximately one second of footage cut 2 See also editList of American films of 1992 List of martial arts filmsReferences edit American samurai n d Retrieved from https www imdb com title tt0106258 AMERICAN SAMURAI BBFC External links editAmerican Samurai at IMDb nbsp American Samurai at Rotten TomatoesSee also editAmerican Ninja film series from Cannon Films Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Samurai amp oldid 1222088708, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
