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Samurai Cop

  • 1991
  • Unrated
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
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Robert Z'Dar, Cameron, Mark Frazer, Mathew Karedas, Melissa Moore, Gerald Okamura, and Cranston Komuro in Samurai Cop (1991)
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Joe Marshall and Frank Washington are two tenacious police detectives who seek at all costs to stop the Katana, a renegade Yakuza gang composed of violent and sadistic killers who want to le... Read allJoe Marshall and Frank Washington are two tenacious police detectives who seek at all costs to stop the Katana, a renegade Yakuza gang composed of violent and sadistic killers who want to lead the drug trade in Los Angeles.Joe Marshall and Frank Washington are two tenacious police detectives who seek at all costs to stop the Katana, a renegade Yakuza gang composed of violent and sadistic killers who want to lead the drug trade in Los Angeles.

  • Director
    • Amir Shervan
  • Writer
    • Amir Shervan
  • Stars
    • Robert Z'Dar
    • Mathew Karedas
    • Janis Farley
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.6/10
    9.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Amir Shervan
    • Writer
      • Amir Shervan
    • Stars
      • Robert Z'Dar
      • Mathew Karedas
      • Janis Farley
    • 77User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
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    Robert Z'Dar and Cameron in Samurai Cop (1991)
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    Robert Z'Dar
    Robert Z'Dar
    • Yamashita
    Mathew Karedas
    Mathew Karedas
    • Joe Marshall
    • (as Matt Hannon)
    Janis Farley
    • Jennifer
    • (as Jannis Farley)
    Mark Frazer
    Mark Frazer
    • Frank Washington
    Melissa Moore
    Melissa Moore
    • Peggy Lee Thomas
    • (as Melisa Moore)
    Cameron
    • Female Henchwoman
    Gerald Okamura
    Gerald Okamura
    • Okamura
    Dale Cummings
    • Capt. Rohmer
    Cranston Komuro
    Cranston Komuro
    • Fujiyama
    Joselito Rescober
    Joselito Rescober
    • Costa Rican Waiter
    • (as Joselito C. Rescober)
    Jerry Black
    • Film Lab Henchman #2
    Orlando Quijano
    • Burning Van Driver
    • (as Ali Teymury)
    James Waltz
    • Tony the Lawyer
    Reginald Williams
    Tom Gleason
    • Arm-Losing Henchman
    Robert Moore
    Fred Floyd
    • Expendable Black Henchman
    John Godfrey
    • Director
      • Amir Shervan
    • Writer
      • Amir Shervan
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    • Trivia
      Lead actor Mathew Karedas (credited as Matt Hannon) cut his long hair very short seven months after filming wrapped. While he was looking for more acting work, director and screenwriter Amir Shervan called him back for some re-shoots. Shervan was furious that Karedas had cut his hair and immediately went out to look for a wig. Unfortunately, Shervan was only able to find a woman's wig that looked nothing like Karedas's long hair. Karedas agreed to wear it, assuming Shervan was going to do some long-shots and pick-ups. Shervan still had half of the movie to shoot, completely out of chronological order. As a result, Karedas' character's hair alternates between his natural long hair and an obvious wig. The wig even comes off a few times, revealing Karedas's real short hair.
    • Goofs
      The car chase scene features shots from all across LA stitched together in an impossible and ludicrous sequence.
    • Quotes

      Joe Marshall, the samurai cop: Now I'm telling these son-of-a-bitches that we respect the Japanese of this country, who are honest businessmen. And yeah, this is the land of opportunity for legitimate business, not for death merchants who distribute drugs to our children through schools and on the streets. Now I'm telling these motherfuckers that if they continue killing our children to make their precious millions that they deposit in their secret Swiss bank accounts, counselor, before your last suit even gets off the court clerk's desk, I'll have their stinking bodies in garbage bags and ship them back to Japan for fertilizer. Got it?

    • Connections
      Featured in Half in the Bag: Your Highness and Samurai Cop (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Happy Birthday
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      Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill

    User reviews77

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    "I Will Bring You His Head, And I Will Place It On Your Piano!"...
    In SAMURAI COP, Asian gang members start yelling at each other, right away! One of them, named Yamashita (Robert Z'Dar), begins killing other gangsters, apparently due to his awesomely enormous beard.

    Enter police officer Joe Marshall (Matt Hannon), who starts off wearing my mom's old 1970's wig, before miraculously sprouting hair of his own! A cocaine deal "goes down", leading to a chase, with the cops driving the MYSTERY MACHINE from Scooby Doo! Bad guys are slaughtered like the nameless extras they are, followed by imitation sex between Marshall and his cop / Barbie girlfriend.

    Meanwhile, the Asian gangsters scream at each other again, making Yamashita appear sedate by contrast. Marshall and his partner, Frank Washington (Mark Frazer) question a bloody guy in a sheet, while near-mannequins chatter mindless dialogue. Yamashita executes sheet man. Can Marshall catch Yamashita, before the streets run reddish with dayglo blood?

    More dimwit dialogue is spoken by semi-sentient fungi posing as "actors", while Hannon teeters between his hippie-haired, toilet cleaner-snorting, Clint Westwood persona, and his goggle-eyed, Rambo / hamster with rotting of the brain. Oh yeah, and does he ever score with the ladies!

    The "action" in this bust-a-gut symphony of ineptitude is a schlock addicts dream! Every scene is a priceless, irredeemable collection of nonsense! Not even the full frontal, female nudity can detract or distract from the beautiful, cluster-galaxy of rubbish unfolding before us!

    Every fight scene is a ballet of buffoonery! Parts that are supposed to induce tension, only produce uncontrollable laugh spasms! The all-too-frequent sex scenes are like watching trees rubbing against each other in a heavy wind!

    Thankfully, Marshall's wig returns, becoming a sort of character in itself. Actually the wig, in addition to being the best actor in the film, adds suspense, since we never know just when it might show up next! The Yamashita beard is a close second, taking our attention away from the boom mic shadow, during a crucial scene. The finale pits the wig against the beard, in a knock down, drag out, sword-swinging grimace fest, featuring wet sandbag punches and more grunting than at a corporate pig farm!

    Yes! This is cinema!...
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    • Release date
      • April 30, 2016 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Полицейский-самурай
    • Filming locations
      • Carlos And Charlie's, 8240 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Restaurant scene)
    • Production company
      • Hollywood Royal Pictures
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $384,756
    • Gross worldwide
      • $384,756
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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