Scene of the Week: Good Friends, Better Enemies

One of the great things about 2013’s Ninja: Shadow of a Tear is the inclusion of Kane Kosugi.

Kane made his acting debut when he was just a kid in 1983’s Revenge of the Ninja alongside his father the legendary Shô Kosugi. Kane would continue to work in many of his father’s films before eventually branching off and continuing the tradition on his own.

I have no doubt in my mind that the Scott Adkins ninja films were an homage to the Cannon classics. So to have someone who was actually in arguably Cannon’s best ninja film involved in Ninja: Shadow of a Tear was some quality casting. To add to that nostalgia is the mind blowing moment when it is revealed that Kane’s Nakabara is the man who killed the pregnant wife of his friend Casey Bowman (Scott Adkins). Little Kane from Revenge of the Ninja is the evil drug lord in Shadow of a Tear?!?! I would have never guessed it… but I would have guessed a Scott Adkins vs. Kane Kosugi fight would be awesome. You can see just how awesome it was in this week’s Scene of the Week…