New York Ninja

New York Ninja (2021)

A sound technician's pregnant wife is brutally murdered while witnessing a kidnapping in broad daylight. Dressing as a white ninja, he takes to the streets as a sword-wielding vigilante hell bent on cleaning up the streets of New York City.

Date of release
2021-10-02
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (38)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Director
Kurtis Spieler, John Liu

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New York City

New York Ninja is a 2021 American action film written, directed by and starring John Liu. Liu plays a vigilante ninja in New York City who seeks revenge after his wife is murdered. New York Ninja was shot in 1984, but was not completed until 2021, when its footage was discovered and restored by the film preservation and home video distributor Vinegar Syndrome.

Production

Filming for New York Ninja began in late 1984 in New York City. According to the film's special effects artist, Carl Morano, "They had zero resources. Different people showed up on different days. We'd meet every morning at the Howard Johnson's where John [Liu] was staying and then take a van to the location." The film had an estimated special effects budget of $100, most of which Morano reportedly spent on creating the Plutonium Killer's melting…

Despite advertisements for the film appearing in trade magazines in 1984, the footage shot for New York Ninja was shelved after its distribution company, 21st Century Distribution Corporation, went bankrupt and sold its assets.

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