Enter the Ninja
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| Enter the Ninja | |
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| Directed by | Menahem Golan |
| Produced by | Yoram Globus Menahem Golan |
| Written by | Dick Desmond Mike Stone |
| Starring | Franco Nero Susan George Shô Kosugi Christopher George |
| Music by | W. Michael Lewis Laurin Rinder |
| Cinematography | David Gurfinkel |
| Editing by | Michael J. Duthie Mark Goldblatt |
| Distributed by | Cannon Films MGM / United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1981 (USA) |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Revenge of the Ninja |
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Enter the Ninja is a 1981 martial arts film directed by Menahem Golan and starring Franco Nero, Susan George and Shô Kosugi.
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[edit] Plot
After completing his training of ninjutsu within Japan, an American Vietnam veteran by the name of Cole (Franco Nero) visits his war buddy Frank Landers (Alex Courtney) and his newly wed wife Mary Ann Landers (Susan George), who are the owners of a large piece of farming land in the Philippines. Cole soon finds that the Landers are being repeatedly harassed by a CEO named Charles Venarius (Christopher George) in order to get them to sell their property, because unbeknownst to them a large oil deposit is located beneath their land. After beginning to thwart Venarius's hired henchmen their attempts to bully and coerce the Landers into the selling of their property to Venarius, Cole eventually finds himself facing an old rival from the days of his training -- Hasegawa (Shô Kosugi), who was hired by Venarius as an assassin to eliminate Cole.
[edit] Quotes
- Dollars: "So who are you going to kill next, Mr. Ninja?"
- Cole: "My friend, a ninja doesn't kill. He eliminates and only for defensive purposes."
- Charles Venarius: "I want a ninja. Find me a ninja. I want Lander's land!"
- Hasegawa: "He is no ninja!"
[edit] Sequels
Enter the Ninja is the first film in a series of Ninja films, the second being Revenge of the Ninja and the third being Ninja III: The Domination, although they are not directly related to one another in terms of storyline.
