Revenge of the Ninja (1983)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Sam Firstenberg

Writer:

James R. Silke (writer)

Release Date:

16 September 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

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

Plot:

After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life...

Plot Keywords:

Doll | Ninja | Japan | Heroin | Murder Of Family

Cast

Shô Kosugi	...	Cho Osaki
Keith Vitali	...	Dave Hatcher
Virgil Frye	...	Lieutenant Dire
Arthur Roberts	...	Braden
Mario Gallo	...	Chifano
Grace Oshita	...	Grandmother
Ashley Ferrare	...	Cathy
Kane Kosugi	...	Kane Osaki
John LaMotta	...	Joe (as John La Motta)
Mel Hampton	...	Detective Rios
Oscar Rowland	...	One Eyed Informant
Professor Toru Tanaka	...	Sumo Servant (as Prof. Toru Tanaka)
Don Shanks	...	Chief
Joe Pagliuso	...	Alberto
Ladd Anderson	...	Thief #1

Also Known As:

Ninja II
Way of the Ninja (Philippines: English title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1983) (1984) (1988) | Australia:R | France:-12 | Norway:(Banned) (1985-2001) | Norway:18 (re-rating) (2001) | UK:18 (heavily cut) | USA:R | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Company:

Cannon Films

Trivia:

The film was originally going to be totally filmed in Los Angeles but the expenses to film there kept growing (city permits, mandatory police officers, fire marshals, location fees, parking, etc). The Utah Film Commission was trying to get Cannon Films to start producing films in their state and a representative promised no permits, location fees, or union deals as well as lower salaries for local crews. This is why the films production was moved to Salt Lake City, Utah.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Cho's son Kane is walking the streets, he stops at a unknown building, at a short distance away from the entrance. The scene cuts to him inside the deserted building, hitting piles of broken wood with a stick he found. In a scene later on, you can see him walking into the same building entrance, only the building is not the same deserted building he walked into earlier, it is his father's Japanese doll shop.

Quotes:

[grabbing Kane by the shoulder]
Cho Osaki: I told you not to fight.
Grandmother: Do not yell at him. He did no wrong.
Cho Osaki: I did not bring him here to America to fight in the streets with fools.

Movie Connections:

Follows Enter the Ninja (1981)

Great Ninja-film

The best ninja-film ever made. A bit naive and weak on story, but the action scenes in this movie i one of the best ever made. Sho Kosugi & Virgil Frye has a reel talent in martial arts (but where are they now). A must for ninja-fans. I can't understand why this movie is banned in my country.