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Revenge of the Ninja (1983)

Movie"400 years of training in the art of sudden death... unleashed on 20th century America."
Audience Score
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R 1 hr 30 minSep 7th, 1983ActionThe Ninja Trilogy PosterPart of The Ninja Trilogy
After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds out that his friend has betrayed him, Cho must prepare for the greatest battle he has ever been involved in.
StarringSho KosugiArthur RobertsKeith Vitali
DirectorSam Firstenberg

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 7th, 1983
On DVD & Blu-ray:July 15th, 2003 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$700,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$13,168,027 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Movie Tags:
martial artssequeljapankung fugangsword fightninjasword duelthrowing star

The Ninja Trilogy

The so-called Ninja Trilogy comprises Menahem Golan’s Enter the Ninja from 1981, and Sam Firstenberg’s sequels in-name-only, Revenge of the Ninja (1983) and Ninja III: The Domination (1984), all unified by the appearance of actor and real-life practitioner of ninjutsu Sho Kosugi (playing a different character in each title), and all rightly celebrated as showcases for the most egregious, ’80s-inflected cash-in excesses of Golan and Globus’ Cannon Films. Though the groundwork was laid by 1980’s The Octagon, it was these three films that began a veritable explosion of ninja presence in mainstream action flicks.