Genre:
Action + Fantasy

Synopsis:
Lee Toshido Cantrell's mother and father were Japanese and American respectively. He was born in Japan and lived there till he was ten. Then they moved to San Francisco. Accompanying him is his martial arts teacher, Takeo, he would train him to atain the level of a Samurai. Lee would become a lawyer and works as a prosecutor. At night he uses his Samurai skills to apprehend criminals. Currently, he is looking into why some men broke into a warehouse, the owner said that they were there to blow it up. It seems that someone wants to buy his property and he refused. Lee investigates and discovers that a wealthy and powerful businessman wants to develop that area. Lee tells his boss of his suspicions but tells Lee that this man is too powerful for them, unless they have rock solid evidence, the man will lash back at them.
(from IMDb.com)

A taste of the amazing SAMURAI, a failed TV pilot from 1978 about a San Francisco Japanese-American (played by Italian-American Joe Penny) who works as a lawyer by day, but by night he fights the criminals the law can't touch as a samurai vigilante who uses his samurai sword for everything except that which a samurai sword is intended!

Casts:
Joe Penny ... Lee Cantrell / Samurai
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
Shane Sinutko ... Tommy
Michael Pataki ... Peter Lacey
James McEachin ... Richardson
Philip Baker Hall ... Prof. Owens
Randolph Roberts ... Phil Mercer
Diana Webster ... Prof. Helen Martell

Runtime:
60 min

Superheroes:
Samurai

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