Samurai

A grim, earnest wartime melodrama that plays its sensational premise straight, feeling tense and uneasy rather than thrilling.

Directed by

Raymond Cannon

Genres

War, Drama

Starring

Paul Fung, Luke Chan, David Chow

Tagline

Innocently pronounced SAM-UR-I and means the Vilest Practices of Inhuman Beings!

Overview

A young Japanese-American orphan in California is taken in by a priest who is actually a Japanese secret agent and a samurai warrior. Due to the samurai's training, the boy murders his English teacher, kills the American parents who have adopted him, smuggles Japanese secret plans into the country, and eventually becomes the governor of California with plans to infiltrate Japanese spies into the state so they can take over.

How it feels

Dark, tense, earnest and campy. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Betrayal, identity, corruption, power

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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