David Bradley, Dion Lam, John Fujioka

Raised from birth by a Samurai Master, two stepbrothers are torn apart by jealousy and rage when the family's sacred Samurai sword is bestowed upon the adopted son. When the two are played by David Br...( read more  read more... )adley and - in his dynamic movie debut - Mark Dacascos, only one result is possible: awesome action. Vowing revenge, Kenjiro (Dacascos) becomes a Yakuza gangster drawn to the dangerous world of "live blade" fighting. The other son Drew (Bradley) becomes a journalist and travels halfway around the world to investigate the bizarre death of a fellow reporter - a search leading him into the Yakuza underworld - and into the sights of his murderous brother. American Samurai is your ticket to razor-edged excitement!

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R, 94 min.

Directed by: Sam Firstenberg

Release Date: January 1, 1992

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DVD Release Date: December 6, 2005

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  • February 7, 2009
    memorable movie. very bloody violent scenes inside.
  • August 28, 2007
    Saw this when I was a kid...It was cool then, I don't know about now ^_^
  • July 25, 2007
    LEARN THE SAMURAI WAY AND DEFENSE YOUR SELF
  • April 3, 2007
    Some cool fight scenes but its a B-grade fight flick.
  • March 20, 2007
    Good samurai fight between David Bradley and Mark Dacascos, who plays villian and tries to seem Japanese in a violent tournament to the death.
  • February 7, 2007
    think the acting was bad but the fighting was brilliant....if it's the one with a guy with a blade in this pony tail.
  • December 10, 2006
    Waste of TIME!! Very Weak movie, DO NOT WATCH, if you do end up watching it, side effects may include: Suicide, murder ramapages, road ramapage, any kinds of ways of harming yourself, and many others...
  • December 8, 2006
    I wonder what this is about, i think ill see it!
  • May 30, 2006
    I think The Last Samurai and Kill Bill cover THIS topic!
  • April 3, 2006
    American Samurai???? Screw That!!!!

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