American Samurai to get a director’s cut restoration

A very early Cannon Movie that includes Martial Arts star Mark Dacascos from supervisor Sam Firstenberg will certainly currently be re-edited from the studio-altered launch.

Those of you that enjoy fighting styles flicks and follow our JoBlo Original, Reel Activity, on YouTube might have seen the current limelight we did dead-on Dacascos 1993 capoeira flick, Just the Solid. While Just the Solid need to have escalated Dacascos to fighting styles fame, he would really have an earlier credit scores with a smaller sized duty in a movie called American Samurai, which starred David Bradley of the American Ninja follows up. American Samurai would certainly originate from the supervisor of several Ninja-related flicks, Sam Firstenberg, for the well known once-upon-a- motion-picture studio, Cannon Movies. Sam Firstenberg was a supervisor that the workshop usually teamed up with, however American Samurai would certainly be the very first flick that Cannon took their popular scissors to and change the movie versus the supervisor’s vision.

A team on Facebook called The Authorities Restoration of American Samurai has actually been developed with some information for followers of the movie and category. The supervisor himself published a message outlining the objectives of the job. The article reviews, “Hello everyone! Welcome to The Official Restoration of American Samurai Group. Thirty-two years ago, director Sam Firstenberg completed a film that would become the only film in his career to receive the rotten treatment it did not deserve. Due to producers’ interference, the distributed version of the film was far from what the director envisioned. New scenes were added, and sequences were placed out of order, altering the story.”

The message from Firstenberg proceeds, “Now, thirty-two years later, Sam Firstenberg’s film, American Samurai, is being re-edited to include all the authentic graphic violence in the fights, removal of scenes that were not part of the initial production, scenes are being placed in their proper order, and sequences are straightened out to not only fix major continuity issues but also to fix the flow of crucial fight sequences and dramatic moments. Using two different versions of the film, editor Lyle Goodwin is working closely with Sam Firstenberg to finally realize, for viewers and fans, the initial vision that was realized so long ago of this martial arts cult classic, American Samurai. Buckle up and enjoy the original ride you were supposed to take.”

Regarding the Writer

E.J. is a Information Editor at JoBlo, along with a Video Clip Editor, Author, and Storyteller for several of the flick retrospectives on our JoBlo Originals YouTube network, consisting of Reel Activity, Revisited and several of the Leading 10 checklists. He is a grad of the movie program at Missouri Western State College with focus in efficiency, composing, editing and enhancing and directing.