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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)

★ 6.7 · 416 ratings on TMDB

An ancient hero returns with a vengeance.

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Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his

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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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