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MoreHorror was on the scene in Hollywood at an exclusive advanced screening of the sold out Hollywood hit Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance.

The screenings sold out on October 9 and 10, 2015. Please check out some photos of the event from John Cox/Polymedia Photography as well as video interviews with some of the stars and the director, below the event details.

Cinema Epoch presented exclusive sold out screenings of award-winning filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka’s Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance on Friday, October 9th and Saturday, October 10th at the Laemmle Noho Theatre at 7:20 pm. Hatanaka (Mad Cowgirl, Blue Dream) and the stars of the film conducted a Q and A after the film on both nights. The Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance website will go live next week for merchandise and updates. The film is then traveling to other cities, including New York, Austin, Denver, Portland, Chicago, Winchester,...

Do you like samurais? Do you like cops? Do you like deadly vengeance? Do you have a few coins of monetary value lying around that you'd like to donate to a worthy project that just happens to be a sequel? Then have I got a project for you!Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance is the sequel to the 1989 cult hit about a crime fighter with unique style and verve. According to the official synopsis: It's 25 years later, and Detective Frank Washington is forced to team up with his long estranged partner Joe Marshall to solve a series of assassinations being committed by a secret group of female vigilante killers.Matt Hannon and Mark Frazer are set to star, alongside the returning Melissa Moore and Gerald Okamura....

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Cinema Epoch is following in the footsteps of other studios by not only acquiring and releasing catalog titles to DVD; they are also producing their own films. The studio is currently planning the following projects beginning in 2014 and will feature actor/voice over artist Douglas Dunning and actress Laurene Landon (from Yellow Hair and Hundra): Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance with Mark Frazer, and potentially Robert Z’Dar and Gerald Okamura, to be directed … Continue reading →

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By Todd Garbarini

From the first frame of Amir Shervan's 1989 film Samurai Cop, you know that you're in for a treat. Cheesy 1980s artificial pop music that sounds like it was generated by a Casio keyboard, courtesy of Alen Dermarderossian, with white credits set against a black background (a surefire indicator that you're watching a low-budget film) give way to Okamura (Gerald Okamura) complaining that they are not an established gang, and as such, they should be very cautious to make friends with the Chinese and Japanese gangs. He grunts and groans and makes exclamations that aren't always decipherable. Former porn star Krista Lane, who is part of the gang, says things like, “Here comes the boss!” or “The boss is coming.” Robert Z’Dar, best known for the Maniac Cop films, is an imposing figure who does the boss’s dirty work. Needless to say, they get into...

by Todd Garbarini

Samurai Cop, director Amir Shervan's 1989 film starring actors Robert Z'Dar, Matt Hannon and Jannis Farley, has been restored in high definition on DVD by Cinema Epoch and is now available for purchase in a special edition for a limited time on Amazon.com prior to the film's June 4th, 2013 DVD street date. Click here to purchase this new pressing (do not be fooled into purchasing the inferior Media Blasters DVD that was released in 2004). This new version is superior.

While going through boxes last year in a California studio vault, both Cinema Epoch President Greg Hatanaka and Cinema Epoch Producer and Director of Acquisition's Douglas Dunning (he's also a cult actor and voice over artist) discovered the original 35mm camera negative to the late Mr. Shervan's film. It is from this source that the new DVD has been transferred.

Samurai Cop will also be screened at...

In a world where the seas are over fished, Sushi Chefs must band together to fight off monstrous sea creatures who have come out of the deep sea in search of food. Well, it makes sense to me. This incredibly fun short film, Monster Roll, was directed by Dan Blank. He and his cohorts couldn't resist making this proof-of-concept for the fishy premise, "It's a crazy idea, but one we just really wanted to see made. So, we made it." Their hope is to get it made into a feature.

The effects aren't quite there yet but I love the whole vibe they're going for. I especially like the opening and closing narration which gives a classic martial arts epic feel to it -- explaining the mythology that in ancient Japan, man made a pact with the sea to "kill only what they eat."

Do you think this would make for a good feature?...

When the Yakuza infiltrate the Lapd, it's up to "samurai" Joe Marshall (Matt Hannon) and his wisecracking partner, Frank, to take them down...no matter the cost! But first they'll have to deal with the deadly Katana gang (Gerald Okamura, Robert Z'dar), a bevy of babes (Krista Lane), the worlds angriest police chief, and a whole host of other troubles. Time is running out!

Amir Shervan, who (allegedly) owned every theater in Iran, wrote and directed this film- the second in an apparent trilogy, along with Hollywood Cop (1987) and Killing American Style (1991).

Once lost and now notorious, Samurai Cop packs a punch that few can match, let alone duplicate. "Excessive" barely begins to describe every aspect of this film. Shervan pulls from all fronts of popular American cinema (action, martial arts, gore, buddy cops, beach cops, basic cable softcore, and on and on) to create a perfect combo and then...

Love it, hate it, or fear it, here are four new clips from Stephen Sommers’ upcoming “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra”, which is opening next week, August 7, 2009. That’s right, kids, pretty soon you’ll be able to prove to people that you were right along, it’s the best movie ever made. Either that, or you’ll be able to prove to people that it’s the worst movie ever made. Either way, you’ll be able to prove it come August 7. Until then, here are four fresh clips from the movie. Btw: I know that Byung-hun Lee supposedly has a flawless English accent, but why does it always sound like they’re dubbing his lines…? Starring Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Grégory Fitoussi, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leo Howard, Karolina Kurkova, Byung-hun Lee, Sienna Miller, David Murray, Rachel Nichols, Kevin J. O’Connor, Gerald Okamura, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, and Dennis Quaid.

Comic Book Movie points us toward a new G.I. Joe movie photo showing Gerald Okamura as the “Hard Master,” the leader of the ninja clan responsible for training both Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes. G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, starring Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byeong-Heon Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Dennis Quaid, Saïd Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans and Arnold Vosloo, is scheduled for an August 7, 2009 release.

Writer/director Joe Carnahan recently confirmed on his official blog that Universal has green lit a prequel to his 2007 flick Smokin’ Aces. Last we heard the movie would be heading straight-to-dvd. Coming Soon has a new poster for Pink Panther 2. Steve Martin is back as Insp. Jacques Clouseau, who this time must stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts. The folks over at Latino Review have a first look at actor Gerald Okamura in costume as The Hard Master from the upcoming G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra. Chris Morgan, who adapted Mark Millar’s Wanted for the big screen, recently confirmed to MTV that he’s getting ready to star writing the sequel. The writer added that the follow up to the summer hit will include a more “global” adventure.

LatinoReview have a first look today at some dude called 'The Hard Master' played by Gerald Okamura in the upcoming Stephen Sommers big screen adaptation of GI Joe. As those dudes explain: The Hard Master is the ninja master/leader of the Arashikage clan who mentors both the young Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes in the ways of the ninja. Hard core Joe comic fans know that the Hard Master has something to do with the long standing rivalry between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. I don't know about...

Another "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" live-action character has been exposed. Bringing forward what is claimed to be the first look of Storm Shadow's uncle, Latino Review posted a picture of Gerald Okamura in his Hard Master costume. The photo is said to be taken outside the actor's trailer when the movie was taking its principal photography in the Downey area.

Okamura's character, Hard Master, is known as the ninja master of the Arashikage clan. He is the one who trains both Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes, and is believed to have something to do with the rivalry between the two. In the comic book, his death leads to Snake Eyes leaving the clan, while Storm Shadow joining Cobra.

Based on the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy franchise and scripted by Stuart Beattie and Skip Woods, "Rise of Cobra" comes from "Van Helsing" helmer Stephen Sommers. It...