American Ninja (1985): Where to Watch, Cast & Facts

American Ninja (1985) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. The deadliest art of the Orient is now in the hands of an American.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Michael Dudikoff as Pvt. Joe Armstrong; Steve James as Cpl. Curtis Jackson; Judie Aronson as Patricia Hickock; Guich Koock as Col. William T. Hickock; John Fujioka as Shinyuki; Don Stewart as Victor Ortega; John LaMotta as MSgt. Rinaldo; Tadashi Yamashita as Black Star Ninja

About American Ninja

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.

More like American Ninja

• Shogun Assassin
• Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
• Scorpion King: Book of Souls
• The Marine 3: Homefront
• The Lost Princess
• Revenge of the Ninja
• Dragonheart: Vengeance
• Ninja III: The Domination

Figures and availability come from public TMDB data and are provided as a sourced reference.