Movie
Pray for Death
Overview
Akira Saito, a Japanese businessman lives in Tokyo with his Japanese-American wife Aiko and their children, Takeshi and Tomoya. When the family has a chance to move to the United States so that Aiko can teach the children about their American heritage, they pack up and head for Houston, Texas and run a restaurant. This is where the trouble begins....
Details
- Release date
- 1985-01-11
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Pray Films, Trans World Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sho Kosugi as Akira Saito
- James Booth as Limehouse Willie
- Donna Kei Benz as Aiko Saito
- Norman Burton as Lt. Anderson
- Kane Kosugi as Takeshi Saito
- Shane Kosugi as Tomoya Saito
- Matthew Faison as Sgt. Joe Daley
- Parley Baer as Sam Green
- Robert Ito as Kaga
- Michael Constantine as Mr. Newman
- Alan Amiel as Vinnie Seline
- Woody Watson as Cohen
Crew
- Gordon Hessler - Director
- James Booth - Writer
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