Revenge of the Ninja (1983) on Netflix
Ninjas kill Cho Osaki's family in Japan, so he swears off the ninja arts and moves to America with his son Kane. He opens an art gallery there with his partner Braden.
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Plot summary
Cho Osaki is a ninja in Japan until a rival clan attacks his home and kills the rest of his family, leaving him his mother and his younger son, Kane. He gives up the ninja arts and takes the three of them to America, where he runs an Oriental art gallery alongside his business partner Braden and an assistant, Cathy. One night Kane breaks open one of the dolls in the shop and finds white powder inside, and the dolls are being used to bring heroin into the country. The police are baffled by a series of killings that only a ninja could carry out, and martial arts trainer Dave Hatcher persuades Cho to tell the investigators what he knows.
Cast
- Mel Hamptonas Detective Rios
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Revenge of the Ninja was meant to be shot in Los Angeles, but permits, police protection and fire marshals threatened the budget, so the Utah Film Commission's promise of no permits, location fees or union deals and cheaper local crews persuaded Cannon Films to move filming to Salt Lake City.
- Arthur Roberts, who played the villain Braden, was not a trained martial artist, so for the majority of his scenes as the Demon Ninja he was doubled by the film's stunt coordinator, Steven Lambert.
- The final rooftop fight between Sho Kosugi and Roberts/Lambert took two weeks to film, because of pyrotechnics, mechanical rigging, safety considerations and camera work hanging 20 stories high outside the building, plus helicopter shots.
