Pray for Death (1985) is an American action film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring martial arts icon Shô Kosugi. The story follows a peaceful Japanese immigrant whose family is brutally targeted by criminals, forcing him to reveal his lethal ninja skills in a campaign of personal revenge. Blending 1980s urban crime with stylized ninja combat, the film delivers a revenge-driven action experience rooted in vigilantism and martial arts spectacle.

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For the first time available in the UK on Blu-Ray.

They shattered his American dream...

The Ninja master himself, Shô Kosugim stars as Akira, a Japanese immigrant who moves to America. Hoping for a simple life, he opens a restaurant with his family but his world is shattered when he stumbles upon the headquarters of a sinister gang, led by crime lord Limehouse Willie. Wrongfully accused of stealing a precious necklace, the gangsters begin a rampage of murder that takes the life of Akira's wife and threatens the lives of his two sons.

Now Akira must step out of his quiet life and reveal his other identity; that of a perfectly skilled Ninja and the most lethal and mysterious of all martial artists. He has sounded his warning to the brutal Limehouse and his henchmen: "Stay away from my family or you will PRAY FOR DEATH".

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After a peace-loving Japanese immigrant and his family become victims of a crime syndicate, a master ninja emerges.