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Pray for Death (1985) -- A gentle Japanese immigrant quietly run a business in America. When gangsters refuse to leave him alone, he reveals that he is a highly skilled Ninja master.

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4.7/10   391 votes
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James Booth (writer)
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Release Date:
November 1985 (USA) more
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The Master Ninja is Back. more
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After a peace loving Japanese immigrant and his family become victims of a crime syndicate, a master ninja emerges. full summary | add synopsis
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Awesome movie for ninja fans. more (14 total)

Cast

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Shô Kosugi ... Akira Saito
James Booth ... Limehouse Willie
Donna Kei Benz ... Aiko Saito (as Donna K. Benz)
Norman Burton ... Lt. Anderson

Kane Kosugi ... Takeshi Saito
Shane Kosugi ... Tomoya Saito
Matthew Faison ... Sgt. Joe Daley
Parley Baer ... Sam Green
Robert Ito ... Kaga

Michael Constantine ... Mr. Newman
Alan Amiel ... Vinnie Seline
Woody Watson ... Cohen
Charles Grueber ... Sgt. Trumble (as Charles Gruber)
Nik Hagler ... Pirelli
Chris Wycliff ... Joe Benson
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Runtime:
92 min
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Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1985) (original rating) | Finland:K-18 (1985) (re-rating) | Australia:R | France:-12 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) (uncut) (1986) | Norway:(Banned) (video) (uncut) (1988) | Norway:(Banned) (1985-2003) (cinema release)
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The characters of Takeshi and Tomoya, played respectively by Kane Kosugi and Shane Kosugi, are the middle names of the two actors. more
Quotes:
Kaga: Akira, I want you to have this.
Akira: No! When I leave Japan, I will put my shadows behind me!
Kaga: You cannot escape your shadows, my son. You will always be a ninja!
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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Awesome movie for ninja fans., 6 June 2006
10/10
Author: myers62084 from United States

The song isn't called back from the shadows it is called back to the shadows and it is sung by Peggy Abernathy. It clearly states that in the credits of the movie if you watch them. I thought the movie was good. Then again I am a ninja fanatic. Anyway has good fight scenes and I thought it had a good summary. I would recommend that if you are a Sho Kosugi fan that you watch this movie. I would also like to see this released on DVD along with enter the ninja and ninja 3. I would like to know where I can find the song back to the shadows. Sho Kosugi is an awesome actor and I can't wait for the new ninja movie Return of the Ninja to come out. Only a ninja can stop ninja.

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