🎬 Action, Adventure

American Ninja

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

⭐ 6.0/10 1985 1h 35m Dir. Sam Firstenberg
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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.

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6.0/10 487 votes

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Year
1985
Runtime
1h 35m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.0/10
Votes
487
Genre
Action, Adventure
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$1.0M

Cast

🎭 Action 🎭 Adventure 🎬 Sam Firstenberg 👤 Michael Dudikoff 👤 Steve James 👤 Judie Aronson
daughter sword rebel wilderness ninja soldier gaijin

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Questions about American Ninja

American Ninja has a runtime of 1h 35m (1 hour and 35 minutes).
American Ninja was directed by Sam Firstenberg and released in 1985.
American Ninja is a Action, Adventure film (1985).
The cast of American Ninja includes Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Judie Aronson, Guich Koock, John Fujioka.
American Ninja has a TMDB rating of 6.0/10 based on 487 votes.

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