He has trained every thought, every muscle, every nerve, for the moment of truth!
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, but joins his cause. He also becomes romantically involved with the samurai's daughter.
Directed byJohn Frankenheimer
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- July 23, 1982
- Revenue
- $3,600,000
Poncher-Rosen-Beckman ProductionsPolyphony DigitalWatch the
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Scott Glenn
Rick
Toshirō Mifune
Toru Yoshida
Donna Kei Benz
Akiko Yoshida
Atsuo Nakamura
Hideo Yoshida
Calvin Jung
Ando
Clyde Kusatsu
Go
Sab Shimono
Toshio Yoshida
Kiyoaki Nagai
Kubo
Kenta Fukasaku
Jiro
Shōgo Shimada
Toru Yoshida's Father
- Directed by
- John Frankenheimer
- Written by
- Ivan MoffatJohn Sayles
- Produced by
- Ron BeckmanRobert L. Rosen
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