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Release Date:
December 22, 1992
Original Title:
American Samurai
Alternate Titles:
SamurĂ¡i americano
Genres:
Action
Production Companies:
Global Pictures
The Cannon Group
Production Countries:
Turkey | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18 ES: 18
Runtime: 94
When a father passes on the traditional family sword to one of his two adopted sons, the other--in a fit of jealous rage--joins a yakuza drug smuggling mob. When the other son decides to find him and set things straight, things don't seem to go as smoothly as he planned, and a misunderstanding leads the stepbrothers into a Turkish arena to battle swordsmen from around the world.
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Director:
Sam Firstenberg
Director of Photography:
David Gurfinkel
Editor:
Shlomo Hazan
Sebastian Serrell-Watts
Original Music Composer:
Craig Stuart Garfinkle
Robbie Patton
Producer:
Allan Greenblatt
Screenplay:
John Corcoran
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