''Black Samurai'' is a 1977 American
blaxploitation
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martial arts
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spy action adventure film
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directed by
Al Adamson
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The son of silent film veterans Vict ...
and starring
Jim Kelly
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. Produced by BJLJ International, with Executive Producer Laurence Joachim and screenplay credited to B. Readick, with additional story ideas from Marco Joachim. The film is based on a novel of the same name, by
Marc Olden.
Plot
Robert Sand, agent of D.R.A.G.O.N. (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations), is playing tennis on his vacation with a beautiful black girl, when his commanding officers ask him to save a Japanese girl named Toki who happens to be Sand's girlfriend, and the daughter of a top Eastern Ambassador. The ransom for the abduction was the secret for a terrific new weapon - the freeze bomb - but the 'Warlock' behind the deed is also into the business of drug dealing and Voodoo ritual murders. The search takes him from Hong Kong to California through Miami, and plenty of action, against bad men, bad girls, and bad animals.
Cast
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Jim Kelly
James Edward Kelly (born February 14, 1960) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the Buffalo Bills. He also spent two seasons with the Houston Gamblers o ...
as Robert Sand
* Bill Roy as Janicot
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Roberto Contreras
Roberto Contreras (December 12, 1928 – July 18, 2000) was an American actor best known for playing Pedro in the westerns on television, TV western series ''The High Chaparral''. His film and television career spanned nearly 40 years from 1954 to ...
as Chavez
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Marilyn Joi as Synne
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Essie Lin Chia as Toki Konuma
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Biff Yeager as Pines
* Charles Grant as "Bone"
* Jace Khan as Jace
* Erwin Fuller as Bodyguard
* Grace St. Esprit as Cleo
* Peter Dane as Farnsworth
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Felix Silla as Rheinhardt
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Cowboy Lang as Himself
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Little Tokyo as Himself
* Jerry Marin as Spiro "Shotgun Spiro"
* Alfonso Walters as Leopard Man
* Charles Walter Johnson as Leopard Man
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Regina Carrol
Regina Carrol (May 2, 1943 – November 4, 1992) was an American actress
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as Voodoo Dancer / Party Guest (credited as Gina Adamson)
* Jesus Thillet as Martial Arts Fighter
* Cliff Bowen as Martial Arts Fighter
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D'Urville Martin (uncredited)
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Aldo Ray
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as DRAGON Chief (uncredited)
See also
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References
External links
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Blacksamurai.com{{Al Adamson
1977 films
American martial arts films
Blaxploitation films
Films based on American novels
Films directed by Al Adamson
1977 martial arts films
1970s English-language films
1970s American films
English-language action films