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Ninja Turf (1986)

Ninja Turf poster
Original title
Los Angeles Streetfighter
Directed by
Woo-sang Park
Genre
martial arts film, ninja film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two martial artists get caught up in street fights in Los Angeles. One is a Korean American who faces off against a local gang.

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What happens

Ninja Turf (닌자 터프) is a 1985 Korean-American martial arts film that is also released under the title L.A. Streetfighters. It stars Jun Chong and Phillip Rhee. With Loren Avedon, Thomas F. Wilson in his feature film debut, and Peter Malota appear in this film in small roles. The film also goes by other titles such as Street Gang (Finland), LA Street War (France), Chinese Connection (France, bootleg title), The Yellow Devils of Los Angeles (Germany), Los Angeles Warriors (Poland), The L.A. Fighters (Portugal), Ninja Territory (Russia), Chinatown (South Korea), Los Angeles Command (Spain), Street Fighters (Turkey), and Fighters from Los Angeles (Ukraine). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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