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American Ninja

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

1985 · R · 1h 35m

Directed by Sam Firstenberg

6.0

TMDB audience score
513 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • 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

  • Greg Rocero
    Bodyguard

  • Berto Spoor
    Bodyguard