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Yutaka also recruits a black hip hop artist ( Bradley Rapier) who gets stranded in town, offering him a job to help out on the Dojo Ranch, thus completing the team. Of course, Yutaka, being Japanese, naturally has to know martial arts (which, to be fair, he uses to good effect at various points in the film), but stereotypes aside, in some ways it makes sense вЂ“ he calls his ranch вЂњThe Dojo RanchвЂќ since he views it as a place of focus and betterment and given the title, you kind of expect that the guy would be able take care of himself as any modern Samurai should, right? IвЂ™m sure there were others, but IвЂ™m struggling to come up with ones made in the West at the time that were not martial arts themed films. The only person I can think of is Brandon Lee, who I talked about on here before. I have to hand it to the filmmakers вЂ“ it was pretty unusual at the time for Asian males to ever get to be the romantic lead in a Western-made film. The beginnings of a romance start to blossom between our samurai cowboy and Jessie. What kind of Western would it be without six guns? When Yutaka gets himself some clothes more appropriate for ranching, he spies a gaudy revolver in a case at the front of the store and canвЂ™t resist (though actually hitting anything is a different matter). Here she is dispatching a cow who isnвЂ™t doing so great while Yutaka slips on the snow since he doesnвЂ™t have boots fit for the weather. Jessie Collins (our guest, Catherine Mary Stewart), who has the enviable job of riding around the country to get to the animals she rounds on. One of the non-bigoted locals that Yutaka befriends is a local veterinarian, Dr. The peak they refer to as the Indian Chief looking a lot like Grinnell Glacier. Maybe someone can chime in and correct me, but this landscape looks a lot like Glacier National Park to me. ItвЂ™s hard to capture breathtaking vistas like this on film and have it translate to the feeling of being there, but I thought they did a really nice job on the cinematography.

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He teams up with an semi-retired cowboy, Gabe ( Robert Conrad of The Wild, Wild West TV show) and an American Indian artist, Jack Eagle Eye ( Byron Chief-Moon), he sticks up for soon after getting to town. Yutaka does start to find non-bigoted allies, though. It also doesnвЂ™t take long for the small-mindedness of the locals to make itself known (this was filmed at a time of a fair amount of fear/resentment at Japan in the West). Reality, however, is a bit harsher, just like the pile of cow caca that he is about to step in here. He also gets to showcase his vocals by singing karaoke at least once as well as вЂњHome on the Range.вЂќДЄfter tragedy makes it hard to stay in Japan, Yutaka decides to emigrate to the US and buys a Montana ranch sight unseen, hoping it will be the Ponderosa of his dreams. I thought Hiromi Go did a great job in a role that was part serious, part comedic. He longs to be a cowboy in the Wild West. Max Kirishima), work and party hard, though the stressful life of a modern business samurai is not what Yukata desires. Our hero, Yutaka Sato (singer Hiromi Go) and his best friend, Goro ( J. We see legions of modern samurai (salarymen and women) commuting in jam-packed Tokyo subways вЂ¦ The film starts in Japan with Japanese subtitles. Although those are some of my favorite films of all time (and we do touch on aspects of some of those movies in this episode вЂ“ I mean, how could you not?), I thought itвЂ™d be fun to highlight an underrated gem that is hard to find but still very worth your time вЂ“ 1994вЂ™s Samurai Cowboy. You may know her from classic films such as Night of the Comet, The Last Starfighter, and Weekend at BernieвЂ™s. This week, we are welcoming actress Catherine Mary Stewart to the show! The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #321: Welcome Actress Catherine Mary Stewart As We Discuss Samurai Cowboy and More