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Cult director al adamsons entertainingly cheesy blaxploitation effort stars jim kelly as a wealthy agent for the government organization d. In 1977, directed by al adamson at the height of blaxploitation films, legendary martial artist jim kelly enter the dragon starred as robert sand, the lead character in black samurai. Aug 22, 2017 common stars in black samurai for starz, produced by jerry bruckheimer and rza. The dean of monroe college buck henry meets with the big man on campus, samurai futaba john belushi, to discuss his student record, low grades and the constant partying. The official subreddit for the celebration of movies that are so bad, theyre good. Black samurai is a 1977 american martial artsblaxploitation film directed by al adamson, starring jim kelly. Common stars in black samurai for starz, produced by jerry bruckheimer and rza. For our contribution to the mysterious order of the skeleton suits october roundtable satans schools for ghouls we take a tumble into the zany black magic of 1977s black samurai.
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