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American Ninja is a american film of genre Martial arts directed by Sam Firstenberg released in USA on 30 august 1985 with Michael Dudikoffi
American Ninja (1985)
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Add to a movie listAmerican Ninja is a 1985 American ninja 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, with Steve James as his side-kick.
Synopsis
Private Joe Armstrong (Michael Dudikoff) is conscripted into the U.S. Army by a judge, as an alternative to prison. Joe ends up fighting off the Black Star Order of ninjas while stationed in the Philippines. He saves Patricia Hickock (Judie Aronson) — daughter of Colonel William Hickock, Joe's commanding officer — from a kidnapping attempt. Although the rest of Joe's platoon is wiped out by the Black Star ninjas, Joe's popularity with his fellow GIs takes a nosedive, even as he is targeted for revenge by the Black Star Master ninja (Tadashi Yamashita).Actors
Michael Dudikoffi
(Pvt. Joe Armstrong)
Steve James
(Cpl. Curtis Jackson)
Judie Aronson
(Patricia Hickock)
Richard Norton
(MP)
John Fujioka
(Shinyuki)
The American Ninja Anthology
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