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American Ninja is a 1985 American martial arts action film produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus's Cannon Films. Directed by Sam Firstenberg, who specialized in this genre in the 1980s, the film stars Michael Dudikoff in the title role and is the first installment in the American Ninja franchise, followed by American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987). It had a mixed reception, but it was a financial success, and since then, it has been considered a cult film.

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1985 · 1h 35m · Action · Adventure

TMDB 6.0/10 (495 votes)

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.

Directed by Sam Firstenberg

Box office $10M worldwide

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Cast & crew

Sam FirstenbergDirector

Michael Dudikoffas Pvt. Joe Armstrong

Steve Jamesas Cpl. Curtis Jackson

Judie Aronsonas Patricia Hickock

Guich Koockas Col. William T. Hickock