Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.
- martial arts
- japan
- kung fu
- sequel
- sword fight
- ninja
- gang
- sword duel
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Kane Kosugi — Kane Osaki
- Professor Toru Tanaka — Sumo Servant
- Virgil Frye — Lt. Dime
- Mario Gallo — Chifano
- Grace Oshita — Grandmother
- John LaMotta — Joe
- Mel Hampton — Detective Rios
- Oscar Rowland — One Eyed Informant
- Don Shanks — Chief
- Joe Pagliuso — Alberto
- Ladd Anderson — Thief #1
- Directed
- Sam Firstenberg
- Written
- James R. Silke
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 181 ratings
- Studio
- The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1981Enter the Ninja
Where it starts.
Revenge of the Ninja
1983 · You’re here
Ninja III: The Domination
1984
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
