Enter teh 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
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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Menahem Golan is an Israeli director/producer who is most famous (or infamous) for his association with Cannon films, a company he ran with his cousin Yoram Globus. ... Biography Yoram Globus is a film producer and financier who, along with his cousin, Menahem Golan (born Menahem Globus) bought the Cannon Group production company in 1979 and ran it throughout the 1980s. ... Menahem Golan is an Israeli director/producer who is most famous (or infamous) for his association with Cannon films, a company he ran with his cousin Yoram Globus. ... Mike Stone (a. ... Franco Nero Franco Nero (born November 23, 1941) is an Italian actor. ... Susan Margaret George was born on July 26, 1950, in London, England, UK. // Susan George has been acting since the age of four, appearing on both television and film. ... Sho Kosugi (born 17 June 1948 in Tokyo) is a Japanese martial artist who gained some popularity as an actor during the 1980s, usually playing ninjas. ... The father of Max Goldblatt, Mark Goldblatt is an ACE (American Cinema Editor), and has edited well over thirty films, which include The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and Pearl Harbor (2001). ... Golan-Globus produced a distinct line of low-budget action films from 1979 to 1989. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... // January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Revenge of the Ninja (1983) is an action movie starring Shô Kosugi as a ninja. ... Martial arts film is a film genre that originated in the Pacific Rim. ... Menahem Golan is an Israeli director/producer who is most famous (or infamous) for his association with Cannon films, a company he ran with his cousin Yoram Globus. ... Franco Nero Franco Nero (born November 23, 1941) is an Italian actor. ... Susan Margaret George was born on July 26, 1950, in London, England, UK. // Susan George has been acting since the age of four, appearing on both television and film. ... Sho Kosugi (born 17 June 1948 in Tokyo) is a Japanese martial artist who gained some popularity as an actor during the 1980s, usually playing ninjas. ...

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 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. Ninjutsu ) started out as a set of survival skills that were used by groups of people who lived in mountainous regions of Japan. ... Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War. ... Franco Nero Franco Nero (born November 23, 1941) is an Italian actor. ... Susan Margaret George was born on July 26, 1950, in London, England, UK. // Susan George has been acting since the age of four, appearing on both television and film. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Oil field with dozens of wells, just offshore of Summerland, California, c. ... Sho Kosugi (born 17 June 1948 in Tokyo) is a Japanese martial artist who gained some popularity as an actor during the 1980s, usually playing ninjas. ...

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!"

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. Revenge of the Ninja (1983) is an action movie starring Shô Kosugi as a ninja. ...

External links

• Enter the Ninja at the Internet Movie Database
• Review of Enter the Ninja on www.10kbullets.com