Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

Casey Bowman, an American martial arts master, has settled into a quiet life in Japan with his pregnant wife, Namiko, teaching at a martial arts school and believing he has left his past behind. That life falls apart when Namiko is murdered by unknown attackers. Grieving and determined to find those responsible, Casey follows the trail through Thailand and into the jungles of Burma, where he uncovers the involvement of a drug operation. A series of victims killed in the same distinctive way as his wife gives him the clues he needs to close in on the people behind her death.

Isaac Florentine directed the film, the seventh in his directing filmography, which includes Bridge of Dragons, Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, The Shepherd: Border Patrol, Ninja, Undisputed III: Redemption and Assassin's Bullet, and followed by Close Range. David N. White wrote the screenplay, and Boaz Davidson, Frank DeMartini and Tom Waller produced. Scott Adkins plays Casey, with Kane Kosugi, Mika Hijii, Shun Sugata, Vithaya Pansringarm and Mukesh Bhhatt among the credited cast of forty. The film runs 95 minutes and was made as a US-Thai co-production.

Released in December 2013, the film grossed around 82 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.1 out of 10 from over thirteen thousand votes; on TMDB it has 6.7 out of 10 from 446 votes. A small sample of six critics' reviews averages 7.8 out of 10, higher than the audience scores.