American Ninja V (1993)

When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja (David Bradley), attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.

Director:

Bob Bralver

Writers:

Greg Latter (story), George Saunders,

Stars:

David Bradley, Lee Reyes, Anne Dupont

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Bradley	...	Joe Kastle
Lee Reyes	...	Hiro
Anne Dupont	...	Lisa
Pat Morita	...	Master Tetsu
James Lew	...	Viper
Clement von Franckenstein	...	Glock
Marc Fiorini	...	Flathead
Aharon Ipalé	...	Dr. Strobel (as Ron Ipale)
Norman Burton	...	Ambassador Halden
Tadashi Yamashita	...	Himself / Tadashi
Jose Guanchez	...	Ninja 1 (as José Guanchez)
Vincente Perez	...	Ninja 2
Jose Salvado	...	Ninja 3 (as José Salvado)
Carlos Ruiz	...	Ninja 4
Tommy Arias	...	Ninja 5

Storyline

When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja (David Bradley), attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.

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Plot Keywords:

ninja | scientist | american ninja | murder | hand to hand combat | 

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Taglines:

The Magic Power of the Ninja Is About to Reveal Itself...

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Genres:

Action

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 November 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

American Dragons

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cannon Group, International Movie Service S.r.l.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The only American Ninja film to be part of the action-comedy sub-genre.

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Goofs

Throughout the film Lisa (Anne Dupont) doesn't wear any jewelery. When she is kidnapped, she is unconscious and carried away by the villain and is clearly wearing a metal watch on her left wrist. However, she was not wearing the watch up to the point where she is snatched by the villain and it's gone by the time she regains consciousness.

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Quotes

Viper: Now you shall taste my poison!

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Connections

Follows American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990)

User Reviews

Good movie if you are under 10 years old

I havn't seen the other four films, but judging from the nature of this one, I assume the other four were something like it. The worst part of this horrible film are the ninja thugs that the hero beats up like it is an everyday hobby. In the first place, the "ninja" thugs do NOT behave like real ninjas. Come to think of it, neither does the hero. Ninjas are supposed to be ASSASSINS who work in the night and kill with STEALTH and SILENCE. The thugs here dress up in the most cheesy and plain costumes and come out screaming loud and waving their swords and nunchakus like they think they know how to use them, only to be clobbered by the hero within a second or two. This film is good if you are under 10 years old and like movies where none of the good guys die and all of the bad guys die. True Lies may have been like that too but it does it with STYLE. Another dumb aspect of American "Ninja" 5 is most of the lines are retarded. Example: After the boy Hiro manages to clobber a couple of ninja thugs(as if a twelve year old could beat up a "ninja"), and rides on top of a wheeled table which the hero uses as a battering ram through the thugs, one of them reports to his boss:"the boy was this big, but he had the strength of ten men" as if he was describing an encounter with a deadly alien. So in conclusion, for mindless hokey fun, this is a good movie. For good quality action flick, this is pure dumbness at its best.