American Ninja

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

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Ratings & Reviews

6.0/10

470 votes

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Average

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Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$1.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$10.5M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$9.5M

ROI: +950%

Budget Recovery1050% of budget

$0|Budget: $1.0M|Revenue: $10.5M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

16.8K

Daily Avg

280

7-Day Trend

-9%

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Philippines

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Story Setting

Set In

Philippines

Themes & Subjects

#ninja

Series & Franchise

Timeline

This Movie

Sequel

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation

1987

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Hanania Baer

Music / Score

Michael Linn

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distributors

NetflixThe Cannon Group

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch American Ninja

Available in 20 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaR	—	YouTube Free, Tubi TV	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom18	MGM Plus Amazon Channel	YouTube Free	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada	MGM Amazon Channel	Tubi TV	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
AustraliaM	MGM Amazon Channel	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
India	MGM Plus Amazon Channel	—	—	—

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesR

United Kingdom18

AustraliaM

Germany16

FranceTP

Brazil16

Spain18

GR15

+1 more countries

Production

Director

Sam Firstenberg

Writers

Paul De Mielche, James R. Silke, Gideon Amir, Avi Kleinberger

Production Companies

The Cannon GroupGolan-Globus Productions

Cast

Michael Dudikoff

Pvt. Joe Armstrong

Steve James

Cpl. Curtis Jackson

Judie Aronson

Patricia Hickock

Guich Koock

Col. William T. Hickock

John Fujioka

Shinyuki

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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

Tags & Keywords

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