American Ninja poster
Director Sam Firstenberg
Screenplay James R. Silke, Paul De Mielche

American Ninja

Action1985

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

Release Date: 1985-08-30

Duration: 95 minutes

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.

Casting

  • John LaMotta
    MSgt. Rinaldo
  • Richard Norton
    MP
  • Michael Dudikoff
    Pvt. Joe Armstrong
  • Steve James
    Cpl. Curtis Jackson
  • Judie Aronson
    Patricia Hickock
  • Don Stewart
    Victor Ortega
  • Roi Vinzon
    Younger Colombian
  • John Fujioka
    Shinyuki
  • Phillip Brock
    Pvt. Charley Madison
  • Guich Koock
    Col. William T. Hickock