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American Ninja
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American Ninja is a 1985 American martial arts action film directed by Sam Firstenberg. The movie stars Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Richard Norton, and Judie Aronson. It was produced by Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan through Golan-Globus Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was distributed by The Cannon Group and Netflix. Its narrative takes place in the Philippines, where it was also filmed.
The story centers on the ninja. The film has a runtime of 95 minutes and carries an R rating. It was released in 1985, with specific dates including January 1, May 8, and August 30. The production budget was 1,000,000, and it generated 10,499,694 in revenue. American Ninja is followed by American Ninja 2: The Confrontation. It is part of the American Ninja Collection.
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6.0Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.
Cast
- Michael Dudikoff as Pvt. Joe Armstrong
- Steve James as Cpl. Curtis Jackson
- Judie Aronson as Patricia Hickock
- Guich Koock as Col. William T. Hickock
- John Fujioka as Shinyuki
- Don Stewart as Victor Ortega
Themes
- daughter
- sword
- rebel
- wilderness
- ninja
- soldier
- gaijin
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Ratings
IMDb
5.4/10
17,801 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
0%
Metacritic
20/100
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Romance
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
- Main subject
- ninja
- Director
- Sam Firstenberg
- Cast member
- Judie Aronson
- Producer
- Menahem Golan
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Hanania Baer
- Narrative location
- Philippines
- Filming location
- Philippines
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 200166
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1986-05-08
- title
- American Ninja
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 5.5/10
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