History Film / SamuraiCop

!!The film contains examples of the following tropes:

* BadAss: Joe Marshall. LAPD brought him over from San Diego to handle the situation with the Katana ganga, and he succeeds.

%%* BuddyCopShow.

* {{Fanservice}}: The sex scene at the beginning of the film is [[BlatantLies completely necessary]] for the film's plot.
* InvincibleHero: Joe Marshall, ''so much''.

* {{Fanservice}}: The sex scene at the beginning of the film is [[BlatsntLies completely necessary]] for the film's plot.

* BadAss: Joe Marshall. LAPD brought him over from San diego to handle the situation with the Katana ganga, and he succeeds.

* {{Seppuku}}: [[spoiler:AFter Yamashita is defeated by Joe in a duel, he guts himself with a knife]].

In late 2012, fans of the movie found that a Matt Hannon had passed away recently on IMDb, and thought it was the same Matt Hannon from the obscure film. A year later, when the proper DVD release was being screened at festivals, Mark Frazier reappeared and rumors of a possible sequel, helmed and directed by Hatanaka and starring Mark Frazier, began circulating. While at this point most questions had already been answered to most hardcore fans, several still remained surrounding Matt Hannon. Then in June 2014, star Matt Hannon miraculously announced that he was still alive amidst the evidence and rumors of his death in 2012.\\

* CoversAlwaysLie: The characters depicted on both the DVD release and the original Polish VHS covers are not in the film. In fact, it tries to make the film seem like ''Film/ManiacCop'', right down to giving Robert Z'Dar a top billing.

* BadAss: Joe Marshall.
* BigBad: Fujiyama.

* BuddyCopShow.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The characters depicted on both the DVD release and the original Polish VHS covers are not in the film.

* ItsPersonal
* KatanasAreJustBetter

* {{Shrouded in My|th}}stery: For more than a decade. After a failed attempt to interest distributors at the American Film Festival in 1991, the movie was picked by a Polish distributor for unknown reasons, released overseas on VHS during a time the market was flooded with similar products, and promptly vanished without a trace until a mysterious clip of the infamous ''Horny Nurse'' scene was uploaded to YouTube in 2007 by user AkumuHau.\\

When the fearsome crime syndicate known as the Katana surfaces in LA, the only man with any hope of stopping them is Joe Marshall (Hannon), also known as "Samurai" for his incredible martial arts skill and swordsmanship. With the help of his partner, the streetwise Frank Washington (Frazier), and their superior, the hardened Captain Kohmer (Dale Cummings), the duo traverses the criminal underbelly of LA to hunt down the Katana's leader, a man named Fooj Fujiyama (Cranston Komuro). However, before Joe can stop Fujiyama, he'll have to face his right-hand man, the monstrous Yamashita (Z'Dar), a hulking brute whose martial arts prowess matches Joe's own.

->''You Have the Right to Remain Silent ... Dead Silent''
--> - Polish VHS tagline

'''''Samurai Cop''''' is a 1991 action film starring Matt Hannon as Joe Marshall, the titular ''Samurai Cop'', Robert Z'Dar and Mark Frazier. It was written and directed by Amir Shervan.

It late 2012 fans of the movie found that a Matt Hannon had passed away recently on imdb, and thought it was the same Matt Hannon from the obscure film. A year later, when the proper DVD release was being screened at festivals, Mark Frazier reappeared and rumors of a possible sequel, helmed and directed by Hatanaka and starring Mark Frazier began circulating. While at this point most questions had already been answered to most hardcore fans, several still remained surrounding Matt Hannon. Then in June 2014, star Matt Hannon miraculously announced that he was still alive amidst the evidence and rumors of his death in 2012.\\

* CoversAlwaysLie: The characters depicted on both the DVD release and the original Polish VHS covers are not on the film.

* {{Shrouded in My|th}}stery: For more than a decade. After a failed attempt to interest distributors at the American Film Festival in 1991, the movie was picked by a Polish distributer for unknown reasons, released overseas on VHS during a time the market was flooded with similar products, and promptly vanished without a trace until a misterious clip of the infamous ''Horny Nurse'' scene was uploaded to youtube in 2007 by user AkumuHau.\\

By the time the clip was uploaded, Amir Shervan had passed away of nutural causes and both Matt Hannon and Mark Frazier had quit the business. While the Polish VHS was readily available, the film itself gave little information other than Z'Dar's involvement. It wasn't until 2010 when Gregory Hatanaka found a print stored in a vault in Los Angeles when a proper DVD was released with audio commentary from Joe Bob Briggs and an interview with Robert Z'Dar that some light was finally shed upon the misterious film, although Matt Hannon and Mark Frazier were still nowhere to be found.\\

It late 2012 fans of the movie found that a Matt Hannon had passed away recently on imdb, and thought it was the same Matt Hannon from the obscure film. A year later, when the proper DVD release was being screened at festivals, Mark Frazier reappeared and rumors of a possible sequel, helmed and directed by Hatanaka and starring Mark Frazier began circulating. While at this point most questions had already been answered to most hardcore fans, several still remained surrounding Matt Hannon. Then in June 2014, star Matt Hannon miracously announced that he was still alive amidst the evidence and rumors of his death in 2012.\\

Following Matt Hannon's announcement, interest for the sequel grew and Hannon was quickly cast as the star of the sequel. In the following weeks, in order to raise awareness for the kickstarter campaign, Matt Hannon gave several interviews were most of the movie's biggest misteries were finally solved.

* {{Shrouded in My|th}}stery: After a failed attempt to interest distributors at the American Film Festival in 1991, the movie was picked by a Polish distributer for unknown reasons, released overseas on VHS during a time the market was flooded with similar products, and promptly vanished without a trace until a misterious clip of the infamous ''Horny Nurse'' scene was uploaded to youtube in 2007 by user AkumuHau.\\

* CoversAlwaysLie: The characters depicted on both the DVD release and the original Polish VHS are not on the film.

* InvincibleHer: Joe Marshall, ''so much''.

* {{Shrouded in My|th}}stery: After a failed attempt to interest distributors at the American Film Festival in 1991, the movie was picked by a Polish distributer for unknown reasons, released overseas on VHS during a time the market was flooded with similar products, and promptly vanished without a trace until a misterious clip of the infamous ''Horny Nurse'' scene was uploaded to youtube in 2007 by user AkumuHau.\\

* {{Shrouded in My|th}}stery: After a failed attempt to interest distributors at the American Film Festival in 1991, the movie was picked by a Polish distributer for unknown reasons, released overseas on VHS during a time the market was flooded with similar products, and promptly vanished without a trace until a misterious clip of the infamous ''Horny Nurse'' scene was uploaded to youtube in 2007 by user AkumuHau.

By the time the clip was uploaded, Amir Shervan had passed away of nutural causes and both Matt Hannon and Mark Frazier had quit the business. While the Polish VHS was readily available, the film itself gave little information other than Z'Dar's involvement. It wasn't until 2010 when Gregory Hatanaka found a print stored in a vault in Los Angeles when a proper DVD was released with audio commentary from Joe Bob Briggs and an interview with Robert Z'Dar that some light was finally shed upon the misterious film, although Matt Hannon and Mark Frazier were still nowhere to be found.

It late 2012 fans of the movie found that a Matt Hannon had passed away recently on imdb, and thought it was the same Matt Hannon from the obscure film. A year later, when the proper DVD release was being screened at festivals, Mark Frazier reappeared and rumors of a possible sequel, helmed and directed by Hatanaka and starring Mark Frazier began circulating. While at this point most questions had already been answered to most hardcore fans, several still remained surrounding Matt Hannon. Then in June 2014, star Matt Hannon miracously announced that he was still alive amidst the evidence and rumors of his death in 2012.

* ViceCity: Heavily implied.

* KillEmAll