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American Ninja
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.
1985 · Directed by Sam Firstenberg · 95 min · Action · Adventure · 10 frames
Tagline
The deadliest art of the Orient is now in the hands of an American.
Crew
- Screenplay: Paul De Mielche, James R. Silke
- Cinematography: Hanania Baer
- Edited by: Marcus Manton, Andy Horvitch, Peter Lee-Thompson, Marcel Mindlin
- Music: Michael Linn
- Production design: Adrian Gorton
- Produced by: Gideon Amir, Yoram Globus, Ken Metcalfe, Avi Kleinberger
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
- John LaMotta as MSgt. Rinaldo
- Tadashi Yamashita as Black Star Ninja
- Phillip Brock as Pvt. Charley Madison
- Tony Carreon as Older Colombian
Production
- Country: United States of America, Netherlands
- Language: English
- Studios: The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
- Budget: $1,000,000
- Box office: $10,499,694
- Themes: daughter, sword, rebel, wilderness, ninja, soldier, gaijin
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