Movie: Samurai

Top 10 Billed Cast

Joe Penny
Joe Penny

Lee Cantrell

Dana Elcar
Dana Elcar

Frank Boyd

Beulah Quo
Beulah Quo

Hana Mitsubishi Cantrell

James Shigeta
James Shigeta

Takeo Chisato

Charles Cioffi
Charles Cioffi

Amory Bryson

Geoffrey Lewis
Geoffrey Lewis

Harold Tigner

Norman Alden
Norman Alden

Lt. Al DeNisco

Morgan Brittany
Morgan Brittany

Cathy Berman

Ralph Manza
Ralph Manza

Irving Berman

Shane Sinutko
Shane Sinutko

Tommy

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    Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles a crazed multi-millionaire who is planning to destroy the city with an earthquake machine.

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    1979-04-30

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    Lawyer by day -- Samurai warrior by night. Justice will be done.

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