The Master 1984 John Peter Macallister was a Korean veteran who, after serving, decided to live in Japan, and, while there, he studied Ninjitsu and became a Ninja Thirty years later, he learned that he has a daughter, so left to find her Apparently, though, he cant leave the sect that he is with, because it means that he is now marked for death He manages to escape, and, upon arriving in the States, he meets Max Keller, a drifter who has a penchant for getting involved with other peoples problems and helping them out if he can Max and Macallister hook up, with Max helping Macallister find his daughter, and Macallister teaching him the ways of the ninja At the same time, evading Okasa, one of Macallisters students, who is now sworn to kill him