| American Ninja | |
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| Directed by | Sam Firstenberg |
| Written by | Paul De Mielche (screenplay) Gideon Amir (story) Avi Kleinberger (story) James R. Silke (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Yoram Globus Menahem Golan |
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| Cinematography | Hanania Baer |
| Edited by | Andy Horvitch Peter Lee-Thompson Marcus Manton Marcel Mindlin Daniel Wetherbee |
| Music by | Michael Linn |
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| Distributed by | Cannon Film Distributors |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,000,000 (est.) |
| Box office | $10,499,694 (domestic)[1] |
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.