Samad in the Way of Dragon (1977)

9.0/10 117 min Comedy

Overview

Samad is to be sent to the city courthouse for his fights where he points his finger at others, and he happens to be handcuffed to a male smuggler. Along the way, the smuggler manages to escape with the help of one of his accomplices, and since his hand was tied to Samad's, they are forced to take Samad with them. After they untie the handcuffs, they decide to kill Samad, but the smuggler's accomplice, who was a girl and happened to be the daughter of the gang boss, does not allow them to kill Samad out of emotion. So they take him to a cinema and while Samad is immersed in a Bruce Lee karate movie, they leave him there and leave. Samad becomes fascinated with Bruce Lee and karate after watching the karate movie, and after returning to the village, he tries to teach the villagers karate by imitating Bruce Lee's martial arts moves.

Cast

Parviz Sayyad

Samad

Farrokhlagha Houshmand

Nane Agha

Mastaneh Jazayeri

Ali Akbar Mahdavifar

Ali Zahedi

Zabihollah Zabihpoor

Esmail Shirazi

Farrokhlagha Houshmand

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