The Ultimate Ninja Collection
Some movies just didn't make this list for a variety of reasons (no Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 3 Ninjas, or animated films on this list). I didn't list any of the Godfrey Ho films either. Should films like You Only Live Twice (1967), Heroes of the East (1978), The Ninja Wars (1982) or The Last Samurai (2003) be on this list? Are Blind Fury (1989), Black Eagle (1988), or Bloodsport (1988) considered "ninja" movies simply because Sho Kosugi is in them or because Frank Dux claims to be a ninja? I'm not so sure. Convince me!
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- DirectorEric KarsonStarsChuck NorrisKaren CarlsonLee Van CleefA martial artist must defeat a plan by ninjas to create a worldwide training camp for terrorists.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsFranco NeroSusan GeorgeShô KosugiAfter passing a ninja master test in Japan, Cole visits a war buddy in the Philippines. He helps him fight men, who want his buddy's plantation.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsShin'ichi ChibaHiroyuki SanadaYuki NinagawaA bitter rivalry between two Ninja clans has left countless dead over decades of fighting. During a critical point in their war with each other, one of the kings sends his commander in search of two mystical daggers.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsMichael BeckNancy KwanJohn McMartinA story of an art dealer who, leads a double life as a martial arts warrior.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsShô KosugiKeith VitaliVirgil FryeAfter ninjas killed his family, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When his friend betrays him, Cho must prepare for the ultimate battle.
- CreatorMichael SloanStarsLee Van CleefTimothy Van PattenShô KosugiAn aging American ninja master and his headstrong young apprentice search for the elder man's daughter.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsShô KosugiLucinda DickeyJordan BennettAn evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.
- DirectorEmmett AlstonStarsShô KosugiBrent HuffEmilia CrowTwo anti-terrorist agents are assigned to free a busload of American schoolchildren in the Philippines who are taken hostage by terrorists.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsMichael DudikoffSteve JamesJudie AronsonAmerican soldier, obviously very skilled in martial arts, single-handedly takes on mercenaries in the Philippines.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsShô KosugiJames BoothDonna Kei BenzAfter a peace-loving Japanese immigrant and his family become victims of a crime syndicate, a master ninja emerges.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsShô KosugiLewis Van BergenRobin EvansTanaka, a DEA agent, and his partner Ray are after a bunch of drug dealers. But they are betrayed by an insider and Ray is killed. Tanaka follows the culprit, a sadistic drug lord, down to Argentina.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsMichael DudikoffSteve JamesLarry PoindexterOn a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to The Lion, a super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.
- DirectorCedric SundstromStarsDavid BradleySteve JamesMarjoe GortnerA man newly trained in the martial arts must save his trainer from experimentation.
- DirectorCedric SundstromStarsMichael DudikoffDavid BradleyJames BoothThe two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas.
- CreatorFrank LupoStarsJeffrey MeekLee MajorsAndy BumataiThe adventures of Jonathan Raven, a ninja and ex-Special Forces soldier.
- DirectorBob BralverStarsDavid BradleyLee ReyesAnne DupontWhen 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.
- DirectorJ.F. LawtonStarsChristopher LambertJohn LoneJoan ChenAn American businessman visiting Nagoya, Japan, meets a woman in a hotel bar. Returning to her room, 3 ninjas kill her and wound him, but he sees the ninja boss' face. Now, he's the prime target of a dangerous ninja cult.
- DirectorDennis DuganStarsChris FarleyNicollette SheridanRobin ShouA man tries to rescue a woman with a little help from his half brother.
- DirectorBradford MayStarsCasper Van DienAnthony Brandon WongBellamy YoungTheir vengeance is relentless, their method is ritual, their weapon is secret, and the motive is in their blood. In a heavily wooded private estate in the Malibu Hills, towering above the tumbling Pacific, millionaire CEO Kenji Takeo and his daughter, Miko, prepare for the arrival from Japan of Takeo's wife, Kumiko. But the calm of Solstice Canyon is shattered by a meticulously planned stealth attack on the Takeo home by a masked band of ninja assassins. In a flash, Takeo's guards are killed. The mansion is overtaken, Takeo is killed, and Miko is left for dead. Arriving at the bloody scene is Detective Jack Barrett who encounters Miko-the only living witness. In a state of shock, she repeats only one word like an eerie mantra: kokushibyu. In her native language, it means Black Death.
- DirectorJames McTeigueStarsRainRick YuneNaomie HarrisA young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.
- DirectorIsaac FlorentineStarsScott AdkinsTsuyoshi IharaMika HijiiA westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.
- DirectorIsaac FlorentineStarsScott AdkinsKane KosugiMika HijiiNinjitsu master Casey is back and out for revenge when his pregnant wife is murdered.