First Samurai in New York
Top 7 Billed Cast
Chiyo Naito
Izumi Naito
Fig McHanan
Bull Doyle
McGuire
Teen
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In the late 1800s, a Japanese samurai family, who recently immigrated to New York, clash with local Irish gangsters out for blood.
Release Date
2018-07-31
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