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20 January 1984 (USA) more
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The Master Is Here! He's the supreme warrior. Even his eyes can kill you. His student is the supreme heartthrob. His eyes can melt you
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An aging American ninja master and his headstrong young apprentice search for the elder man's daughter. full summary
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1 nomination more
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Worth a look at on a rainy day. more (30 total)
Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 5 of 6) | Lee Van Cleef | ... | John Peter McAllister / ... (7 episodes, 1984) |
| Timothy Van Patten | ... | Max Keller (6 episodes, 1984) |
| Shô Kosugi | ... | Okasa (5 episodes, 1984) |
 | Cynthia Lea Clark | ... | Bridesmaid / ... (3 episodes, 1984) |
| Andrea Gray | ... | Dancer on Phone / ... (2 episodes, 1984) |
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Master Ninja (USA) (video title)
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60 min | 60 min (13 episodes)
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Continuity: When Okasa throws a shuriken to the Master, a guard is clearly standing behind him with a gun pointed at him. After the shot of Okasa ducking away, we cut back to the Master but the guard is no longer there. more
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Max Keller: Don't worry, I won't leave this bar through the window. more
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Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Master Ninja I (#4.22)" (1992) more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for "The Master" (1984)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Want to buy all episodes | gary-513 |
| Just watched the first episode last night | Kurohashi |
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This series will always live on in my memory despite my not having seen it for a number of years. Sho Kosugi was well cast as the ninja bad guy. It is such a shame that he never became a greater star, but such is life. However, the casting of Lee Van Cleef as the good ninja was just pitifully unrealistic. Whilst a fine actor, it required too much of a suspension of disbelief to believe he could do any of the martial arts maneauvers he was supposed to. He was just plain too old.
That said, I have many a fond memory of this series. No doubt, were I to watch them again now I would find many of the episodes cringe-inducing (just like some of the original Star Trek series). But still worth a look at on a rainy day.