Revenge of the Ninja
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| Directed by | Sam Firstenberg |
| Produced by | Yoram Globus Menahem Golan David Womark |
| Written by | James Silke |
| Starring | Shô Kosugi Keith Vitali Kane Kosugi Virgil Frye Arthur Roberts Mario Gallo |
| Music by | W. Michael Lewis Laurin Rinder Robert J. Walsh |
| Distributed by | Cannon Films MGM / United Artists |
| Release date(s) | September 7, 1983 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | English |
Revenge of the Ninja (1983) is an action movie starring Shô Kosugi as a ninja. It is wrongfully considered part of a ninja trilogy, starting with Enter the Ninja (1981) and ending with Ninja III: The Domination (1984), but the stories are not directly related.
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[edit] Plot summary
Revenge of the Ninja opens with an attack on the home of Cho (the Shô Kosugi character) in Japan, resulting in the slaughter of his entire family except for his mother and his younger son, Kane (played by Kosugi's actual son, Kane Kosugi). When Cho arrives at his estate and discovers the carnage, the ninjas attempt to kill him as well, but Cho proves too much for them. Afterwards, however, he swears off being a ninja forever and moves to the United States with his son where he opens a doll shop with the help of his friend, Braden.
But when he discovers that Braden has betrayed him and is using his dolls as a means to ship heroin into the country - and turns out to be a ninja himself -, killing his mother and abducting his son in the process, Cho must don his ninja attire once more to fight the bad guys and rescue his son.
[edit] A Fourth Ninja Movie?
A fourth ninja movie is in production with a script written by Steven E. de Souza. It would star Shô Kosugi and be a sequel to the other three. The budget has been stated as being around 35 million dollars.
[edit] Trivia
- Though the film is set in California, every car has a Utah license plate.
