In PRAY FOR DEATH, the Ninja hero wipes out an entire army of American gangsters with a grace and efficiency that would make DEATH WISH star Charles Bronson drool with envy. As the film begins, Akira Saito (Sho Kosugi) and his wife (Donna Kei Benz) decide to move with their two sons from
Japan to America. Before he leaves, Saito visits a temple where he remembers his past as a Ninja warrior. The family arrives in the US, but unknown to Saito part of the storefront he has purchased is used by a local gang to fence stolen property. When a priceless necklace is missing from the
storefront, one of the gang leaders (James Booth) assumes that Saito has stolen it and, in ...
Released:
1986
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins