Batman wishes he could pull off business casual AND a katana this hard.
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.
Practical Effects
That earthquake machine looks like a garage sale find.
Costume
Lawyer suit to samurai armor in under 60 seconds.
Director
Lee H. Katzin
Joe Penny
Lee Cantrell
Dana Elcar
Frank Boyd
Beulah Quo
Hana Mitsubishi Cantrell
James Shigeta
Takeo Chisato
Charles Cioffi
Amory Bryson
Geoffrey Lewis
Harold Tigner
Norman Alden
Lt. Al DeNisco
Morgan Brittany
Cathy Berman
Ralph Manza
Irving Berman
Michael Pataki
Peter Lacey
James McEachin
Richardson
Philip Baker Hall
Prof. Owens
Randolph Roberts
Phil Mercer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
James Shigeta, who plays the samurai mentor, was a groundbreaking Asian-American leading man in 1960s Hollywood—decades before this TV movie sidelined him to 'wise elder' duty.
This was part of NBC's 1979 push for 'high-concept' TV movies, most of which died quietly; Samurai somehow got a theatrical release in some international markets, presumably as a prank.
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