Revenge of the Ninja
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Revenge of the Ninja (1983) is an action movie starring Shô Kosugi as a ninja. It is wrongfully considered part of a ninja trilogy, starting with Enter the Ninja (1981) and ending with (1984), but the stories are not directly related.
Plot summary
Revenge of the Ninja opens with an attack on the home of Cho (the Shô Kosugi character) in Japan, resulting in the slaughter of his entire family except for his son, Kane (played by Kosugi's actual son, Kane Kosugi). When Cho arrives at his estate and discovers the carnage, the ninjas attempt to kill him as well, but Cho proves too much for them. He kills every single one of them, even catching one of the arrows they shoot at him with his teeth and using it to impale one of his attackers. Afterwards he swears off being a ninja forever and moves to the United States with his son where he opens a doll shop. But when he discovers that his friend has betrayed him and is using his dolls as a means to ship heroin into the country, Cho must don his ninja attire once more to kill everyone and rescue his kidnapped son.
A Fourth Ninja Movie?
A fourth ninja movie is in production with a script written by Steven E. de Souza. It would star Shô Kosugi and be a sequel to the other three. The budget has been stated as being around 35 million dollars.
Trivia
- Though the film is set in California, every car has a Utah license plate.
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