American Ninja

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.

This article is about the movie. For the athletic competition, see American Ninja Warrior.
American Ninja
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySam Firstenberg
Written byPaul De Mielche (screenplay)
Gideon Amir (story)
Avi Kleinberger (story)
James R. Silke (uncredited)
Produced byYoram Globus
Menahem Golan
Starring
CinematographyHanania Baer
Edited byAndy Horvitch
Peter Lee-Thompson
Marcus Manton
Marcel Mindlin
Daniel Wetherbee
Music byMichael Linn
Production
companies
Cannon Group
Golan-Globus Productions
Distributed byCannon Film Distributors
Release date
  • August 30, 1985 (1985-08-30)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,000,000 (est.)
Box office$10,499,694 (domestic)
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