More of the ninja
Sho Kosugi (above) plays Cho Osaki, a man forced to flee Japan when a band of ninja warriors executes his family in “Revenge of the Ninja,” which will start at the Avon tomorrow. After arriving in the United States, he tries to establish a new life and hides the fact that he too is a ninja — a deadly practitioner in the art of assassination. Called “the art of invisibility,” ninjitsu has been
veiled in secrecy and the subject of outrageous myths. Various films and books released within the past few years have sparked public interest in this exotic martial art.
The origins of ninjitsu have been traced back to a dissertation written by the Chinese strategist, Sun Wu, between 500 and 300 B.C. However, it was not until the sixth century that these spy tactics were introduced to Japan.
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