Black Samurai
Black Samurai is a 1977 American blaxploitation martial arts spy action adventure film directed by Al Adamson and starring Jim Kelly. Produced by BJLJ International, with Executive Producer Laurence Joachim and screenplay credited to B. Readick, with additional story ideas from Marco Joachim. The film is based on a novel of the same name, by Marc Olden.[1][2][3][4]
| Black Samurai | |
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| Directed by | Al Adamson |
| Written by | B. Readick |
| Starring | Jim Kelly |
| Cinematography | Louis Horvath |
| Edited by | Jim Landis |
Release date | February 1977 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Robert Sand, agent of D.R.A.G.O.N. (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations), is playing tennis on his vacation with a beautiful black girl, when his commanding officers ask him to save a Japanese girl named Toki who happens to be Sand's girlfriend, and the daughter of a top Eastern Ambassador. The ransom for the abduction was the secret for a terrific new weapon - the freeze bomb - but the 'Warlock' behind the deed is also into the business of drug dealing and Voodoo ritual murders. The search takes him from Hong Kong to California through Miami, and plenty of action, against bad men, bad girls, and bad animals.
Cast
- Jim Kelly as Robert Sand
- Bill Roy as Janicot
- Roberto Contreras as Chavez
- Marilyn Joi as Synne
- Essie Lin Chia as Toki Konuma
- Biff Yeager as Pines
- Charles Grant as "Bone"
- Jace Khan as Jace
- Erwin Fuller as Bodyguard
- Grace St. Esprit as Cleo
- Peter Dane as Farnsworth
- Felix Silla as Rheinhardt
- Cowboy Lang as himself
- Little Tokyo as himself
- Jerry Marin as Spiro "Shotgun Spiro"
- Alfonso Walters as Leopard Man
- Charles Walter Johnson as Leopard Man
- Regina Carrol as Voodoo Dancer / Party Guest (as Gina Adamson)
- Jesus Thillet as Martial Arts Fighter
- Cliff Bowen as Martial Arts Fighter
- D'Urville Martin (uncredited)
- Aldo Ray as DRAGON Chief (uncredited)
See also
- Yasuke – a real life black samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of ancient Japanese history
References
- Ray Lott, M. (January 2004). The American Martial Arts Film - M. Ray Lott. ISBN 9780786418367. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- Mengel, Bradley (2009-09-16). Serial Vigilantes of Paperback Fiction: An Encyclopedia from Able Team to Z-Comm - Bradley Mengel. ISBN 9780786454754. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- Locke, Brian (2012-09-18). Racial Stigma on the Hollywood Screen: The Orientalist Buddy Film - Brian Locke. ISBN 9781137295330. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- Black Camelot: African-American Culture Heroes in Their Times, 1960-1980 - William L. Van Deburg. University of Chicago Press. 1997. p. 187. ISBN 9780226847160. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
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