The Master (1984)★ 4.6/10
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
Directed by: Sidney Hayers, Gordon Hessler, Ray Austin, Michael Caffey, Robert Clouse
Written by: Michael Sloan, Susan Woollen, Tom Sawyer, Chris Bunch, Allan Cole
An aging American ninja master and his headstrong young apprentice search for the elder man's daughter.
- Original title
- The Master
- Storyline
- John Peter Macallister was a Korean veteran who, after serving, decided to live in Japan, and, while there, he studied Ninjitsu and became a Ninja. Thirty years later, he learned that he has a daughter, so left to find her. Apparently, though, he can't leave the sect that he is with, because it means that he is now marked for death. He manages to escape, and, upon arriving in the States, he meets Max Keller, a drifter who has a penchant for getting involved with other people's problems and helping them out if he can. Max and Macallister hook up, with Max helping Macallister find his daughter, and Macallister teaching him the ways of the ninja. At the same time, evading Okasa, one of Macallister's students, who is now sworn to kill him.
- Rating
- 4.6 / 10 · 1,773
- Companies
- Michael Sloan Productions, Viacom Productions, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), CBS Paramount International Television, Canal+, Direct Source Special Products, Drive-in Movie Channel, EuroVideo, Film Ventures International (FVI), HanseSound, ITV - Independent Television, Kino Lorber, Lars International Pictures, M6, Monte Carlo Televisión - Canal 4, New Star Video Movies, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount, Paramount+, Pave TV, Quality Video Inc., Rede Globo, Shout! Factory, St. Clair Vision, Série Club, Trans World Entertainment (TWE), Télé Monte Carlo, Video King, Video Programme Distributors (VPD)
- Release dates
- US January 20, 1984
- FR December 3, 1984
- BR January 7, 1985
- NL July 1, 1987
- DE January 6, 1992