Film

American Ninja

1985 · 1h 35m · Action · Adventure

The deadliest art of the Orient is now in the hands of an American.

IMDb

5.4

Rotten Tomatoes

0%

Metacritic

20

Joe 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.

Michael Dudikoff

Pvt. Joe Armstrong

Steve James

Cpl. Curtis Jackson

Judie Aronson

Patricia Hickock

Guich Koock

Col. William T. Hickock

John Fujioka

Shinyuki

Don Stewart

Victor Ortega

John LaMotta

MSgt. Rinaldo

Tadashi Yamashita

Black Star Ninja

Phillip Brock

Pvt. Charley Madison

Tony Carreon

Older Colombian

Roi Vinzon

Younger Colombian

Richard Norton

MP

Henry Strzalkowski

Bit Part (uncredited)

Nick Nicholson

Duty Officer

Eric Hahn

Supply Sergeant

Jim Gaines

Trucker

• Sam FirstenbergDirector
• Paul De MielcheScreenplay
• James R. SilkeScreenplay
• Avi KleinbergerProducer · Story
• Gideon AmirProducer · Story
• Ken MetcalfeProducer · Casting
• Menahem GolanProducer
• Yoram GlobusProducer
• Hanania BaerDirector of Photography
• Michael LinnOriginal Music Composer

Classic Trailer

Release date

August 30, 1985

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$10,499,694

Genres

Action, Adventure

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