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Black Samurai is a 1977 American blaxploitation martial arts spy action adventure film directed by Al Adamson and starring Jim Kelly. 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 ...
In the late 1970s, he also starred in the low-budget films Black Samurai (1977), Death Dimension (1978), and Tattoo Connection (1978). After his appearance in One Down, Two to Go, Kelly rarely appeared in movies. He did appear in two episodes of the TV series, Highway to Heaven, in 1985 and 1986. [21]
Black Emanuelle 2 (1976) Black Eye (1974) [14] Black Fist (1975) [15] [9] Black Force (1975) The Black Gestapo (1975) [16] [9] Black Girl (1972) The Black Godfather (1974) [17] [9] Black Gunn (1972) [18] Black Heat (1976) [19] Black Hooker, a.k.a. Black Mama, a.k.a. Street Sisters (1974) Black Joy (1977) The Black Klansman (1966) Black Like Me ...
In a competitive situation, Warner Bros. has landed “The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule’s next project, which takes on the legendary Yasuke, an African warrior who became the first ...
But a retainer is still a samurai—the term refers to a vassal in feudal Japan, usually a samurai offering military services. Hi there. Tre Watson, B.A. Asian studies, focus on Japanese history.
Yasuke is the first known African to appear in Japanese historical records. Much of what is known about him is found in fragmentary accounts in the letters of the Jesuit missionary Luís Fróis, Ōta Gyūichi's Shinchō Kōki (信長公記, Nobunaga Official Chronicle), Matsudaira Ietada's Matsudaira Ietada Nikki (松平家忠日記, Matsudaira Ietada Diary), Jean Crasset's Histoire de l ...
African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan (2019) Thomas Lockley (born 1978) is a British academic who is an associate professor of the College of Law of Nihon University , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and a visiting researcher for the SOAS University of London . [ 2 ]
Death Dimension (also known as Death Dimensions, Freeze Bomb, Icy Death, The Kill Factor, and Black Eliminator) is a 1978 American B-list action thriller and martial arts film by Al Adamson starring Jim Kelly, Harold Sakata, George Lazenby, Terry Moore, and Aldo Ray.