Principal photography concluded in March 1981. Stone receives onscreen credit for the film's story, fight choreography, and stunt coordination. Variety later noted that on Februthat shooting had begun Manila but with Golan as director and Franco Nero replacing Stone in the lead role. The Hollywood Reporter reported in January 1981 that confirmed that principal photography began one day earlier on January 12, 1981, in the Philippines and in Tokyo, Japan., under the direction of Emmett Alston. The film was initially set to star Karate champion Mike Stone, while Variety announced later that Stone was writing the script. In the Octoissue of Daily Variety, it was announced that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) would produce the film for $4 million, as part of a multi-project film and television deal with The Cannon Group. Parker (as Constantin de Goguel)Įnter the Ninja was based on an original story that Mike Stone presented to Menahem Golan of Cannon Films, who became involved in the production in late fall 1980, with the intent of creating an American film about ninjutsu.
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The film began a brief craze of ninja-themed films in the early 1980s and was the first film in Cannon Films' Ninja Trilogy, an anthology series which includes Revenge of the Ninja (1983) and Ninja III: The Domination (1984). Early in the production, Alston was replaced by Golan but stayed on as 2nd unit director, and Stone was replaced with Nero, but stayed on as fight double and fight/stunt coordinator. The film was originally intended to be directed by Emmett Alston and to star Mike Stone. Learning of Cole's presence, Venarius hires his own ninja. Frank and his wife are continuously thwarted by Cole who defends them with his martial arts skills.
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On arrival, Cole learns that his friend is being harassed by the wealthy businessman Charles Venarius who wants Frank's land for the oil underneath. The film is about a martial artist named Cole (Nero) who is visiting his friend Frank in the Philippines.
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Enter the Ninja is a 1981 American martial arts film directed by Menahem Golan and starring Franco Nero, Susan George, Christopher George, and Sho Kosugi.