"400 years of training in the art of sudden death... unleashed on 20th century America."

1983

1h 31m

6.3(182 votes)

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A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.

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10 featured cast members

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Sho Kosugi

Cho Osaki

Arthur Roberts

Braden

Keith Vitali

Dave Hatcher

Ashley Ferrare

Cathy

Kane Kosugi

Kane Osaki

Professor Toru Tanaka

Sumo Servant

Virgil Frye

Lt. Dime

Mario Gallo

Chifano

Grace Oshita

Grandmother

John LaMotta

Joe

Creative team

Directed by: Sam Firstenberg
Written by: James R. Silke
Produced by: Yoram Globus
Menahem Golan

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