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Amir Shervan is a Director, Writer, Producer and Editor Iranien born on 24 may 1929 at Tehran (Iran)
Amir Shervan (Persian: امیر شروان), born Amir Hosein Ghaffari (Persian: اميرحسين غفاری), was an Iranian film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter.
After studying theatre in Pasadena, California, he returned to his home country and had a prolific cinema career that began with Parviz Khatibi's 1949 film Vaareite Bahari (واریته بهاری). After the Iranian Revolution, he installed himself in California and from 1987 to 1992, produced and directed several action films including Samurai Cop that starred Matt Hannon and Robert Z'Dar. Samurai Cop was restored in a brand new HD transfer for theatrical and DVD release by distributor Cinema Epoch in 2013. Cinema Epoch will also release Shervan's other works Killing, American Style, Young Rebels, and Gypsy in restored versions.
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Birth name Amir Hosein Ghaffari
Nationality Iran
Birth 24 may 1929 at Tehran (Iran)
Death 1 november 2006 (at 77 years)
Nationality Iran
Birth 24 may 1929 at Tehran (Iran)
Death 1 november 2006 (at 77 years)
After studying theatre in Pasadena, California, he returned to his home country and had a prolific cinema career that began with Parviz Khatibi's 1949 film Vaareite Bahari (واریته بهاری). After the Iranian Revolution, he installed himself in California and from 1987 to 1992, produced and directed several action films including Samurai Cop that starred Matt Hannon and Robert Z'Dar. Samurai Cop was restored in a brand new HD transfer for theatrical and DVD release by distributor Cinema Epoch in 2013. Cinema Epoch will also release Shervan's other works Killing, American Style, Young Rebels, and Gypsy in restored versions.
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Filmography of Amir Shervan (3 films)
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Samurai Cop (1991)
, 1h36Directed by Amir Shervan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Robert Z'Dar, Matt Hannon, Gerald Okamura, Melissa Moore, Krista Lane, Warren Stevens
Rating46%
When a renegade Japanese gang known as the Katana take control of the cocaine trade in Los Angeles the LAPD transfer in a Samurai Cop from the SDPD to help tackle the problem. Joe Marshall has been trained by the masters in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese, but dresses like a commoner.
Scriptwriter
Samurai Cop (1991)
, 1h36Directed by Amir Shervan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Robert Z'Dar, Matt Hannon, Gerald Okamura, Melissa Moore, Krista Lane, Warren Stevens
Roles Writer
Rating46%
When a renegade Japanese gang known as the Katana take control of the cocaine trade in Los Angeles the LAPD transfer in a Samurai Cop from the SDPD to help tackle the problem. Joe Marshall has been trained by the masters in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese, but dresses like a commoner.
Producer
Samurai Cop (1991)
, 1h36Directed by Amir Shervan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Robert Z'Dar, Matt Hannon, Gerald Okamura, Melissa Moore, Krista Lane, Warren Stevens
Roles Producer
Rating46%
When a renegade Japanese gang known as the Katana take control of the cocaine trade in Los Angeles the LAPD transfer in a Samurai Cop from the SDPD to help tackle the problem. Joe Marshall has been trained by the masters in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese, but dresses like a commoner.
, 1h37Directed by Leslie H. Martinson, Cesare Canevari
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Peter Graves, Curd Jürgens, Karin Schubert, Michael Dante, Frank Braña, Michael Constantine
Roles Associate Producer
Rating31%
The story concerns an experimental nuclear cruise missile which is stolen from a Soviet military site in the USSR. An international terrorist group, under the command of a European power-crazed man known only as the Baron is responsible. The Baron plots to use the stolen Soviet missile to destroy an international peace conference in one week located on an island in the Persian Gulf. When the U.S. counsul to Iran is murdered by the Baron's henchmen, Alec Franklin, an US intelligence agent, is ordered to travel to Iran to take over as counsul as well as investigate the murder. Upon arrival in Tehran, Alec is followed by two of the Baron's henchmen whom attempt to kill him, but Alec manages to escape.
Editor
Samurai Cop (1991)
, 1h36Directed by Amir Shervan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Robert Z'Dar, Matt Hannon, Gerald Okamura, Melissa Moore, Krista Lane, Warren Stevens
Roles Editor
Rating46%
When a renegade Japanese gang known as the Katana take control of the cocaine trade in Los Angeles the LAPD transfer in a Samurai Cop from the SDPD to help tackle the problem. Joe Marshall has been trained by the masters in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese, but dresses like a commoner.