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American Ninja

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

1985★ 6.0 · 4901h 35mActionAdventure

Overview

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

John LaMotta
as MSgt. Rinaldo

Steve James
as Cpl. Curtis Jackson

Richard Norton
as MP

Tony Carreon
as Older Colombian

Michael Dudikoff
as Pvt. Joe Armstrong

Phillip Brock
as Pvt. Charley Madison

Judie Aronson
as Patricia Hickock

Jim Gaines
as Trucker

Henry Strzalkowski
as Bit Part (uncredited)

John Fujioka
as Shinyuki

Tadashi Yamashita
as Black Star Ninja

Guich Koock
as Col. William T. Hickock

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Release date: 1985-08-30

Budget: $1,000,000

Revenue: $10,499,694

Runtime: 1h 35m

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ActionAdventure

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