The Octagon [Blu-ray]

Director: Eric Karson Eric Karson

Overview

Karate champ Chuck Norris returns for another chop-socky vigilante flick in The Octagon, one of a handful of undistinguished Ninja pictures released during the early '80s. Norris appropriately plays a retired karate champ hired as a bodyguard for a wealthy woman (Karen Carlson) plagued by a gang of vicious ninjas. Reluctant at first to take the job, he reconsiders when he learns the gang is headed by his longtime arch rival Tadashi Yamashita (Lee Van Cleef). The script -- as is the case in nearly every Ninja film -- has holes bigger than Okinawa, and the acting is downright atrocious, particularly that of Norris, who, thankfully, improved with time. However, the production values are fair, as is the direction, and the action sequences are often exciting and comparatively realistic. Recommended for genre fans only.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/02/2022
UPC:	0738329259587
Original Release:	1980
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	5,782

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Chuck Norris	Scott James,Hatband
Karen Carlson	Justine
Lee Van Cleef	McCarn
Art Hindle	A. J.
Carol Bagdasarian	Aura
Kim Lankford	Nancy, Dancer
Tadashi Yamashita	Seikura
Kurt Grayson	Doggo
Yuki Shimoda	Katsumoto
Larry D. Mann	Tibor
John Fujioka	Isawa
Jack Carter	Sharkey
Richard Norton	Longlegs
John Barrett	Justine's Killer
Brian Tochi	Seikura at Eighteen
Gerald Okamura	Ninja Instructor
Carlos Romano	Pilot
Don Pike	Chauffer (sic)
Elizabeth Carder	Desk Clerk
Ken Gibbel	Meat
Redmond Gleeson	Duffy
Ted Duncan	Truckdriver
Kevin Brando	Scott at Eight
Jo McDonnell	Amy Lee
Enrique Lucero	One Armed Man
Alan Marcus	Truckdriver
Ernie Hudson	Quinine
Brian Libby	Deadwyler
Crane Jackson	House Detective
Dick Halligan	Composer

Technical Credits

Leigh Chapman

Alan Belkin	Executive Producer
Joel Freeman	Producer
Eric Karson	Director
Michael F. Leone	Executive Producer
Aaron Norris	Stunts
Leigh Chapman	Screenwriter
Michael Leone	Executive Producer
Glenn Anderson	Sound/Sound Designer