Ninja Films

Dir: Sam Firstenberg
USA
Cannon Group Inc./Golan-Globus Productions
Leads: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Judie Aronson
VHS: MGM/UA Home Video (bookbox cover);
MGM/UA Home Video (slipcase cover)
DVD: MGM Home Entertainment

Dir: Sam Firstenberg
USA
Cannon Group Inc./Golan-Globus Productions
Leads: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Larry Poindexter
VHS: Media Home Entertainment/Cannon Video
DVD: MGM Home Entertainment

Dir: Cedric Sundstrom
USA
Cannon Group Inc./Breton Film Productions
Leads: David Bradley, Steve James, Marjoe Gortner, Michele Chan
VHS: MGM/UA Home Video; Cannon Video
DVD: MGM Home Entertainment

Dir: Cedric Sundstrom
USA
Cannon Group Inc.
Leads: Michael Dudikoff, David Bradley, James Booth
VHS: Cannon Video
DVD: Warner Home Video

Dir: Bob Bralver
USA
Cannon Group Inc.
Leads: David Bradley, Lee Reyes, Anne Dupont, Pat Morita
VHS: Cannon Video
DVD: Warner Home Video

Dir: Godfrey Ho
Prod: Joseph Lai, Tomas Tang
Hong Kong
IFD Films & Arts Ltd.
Leads: Yi Tao Chang, Sony Tanaka, Ronny Lee
Notes: This was Godfrey Ho's first feature film and was made well before he started his "cut & splice" technique of editing ninjas into unrelated and/or unfinished crime films. In fact there are no ninjas at all in this movie, despite the title.
VHS: Saturn Productions Inc.;
Video Treasures
DVD: Saturn Productions Inc. (non-remastered transfer of the VHS release)

Dir: Eiichi Kudô
Japan
Toei Company
Aka Samurai Spies
Leads: Ryûtarô Ôtomo, Minoru Ohki, Hizuru Takachiho, Chiyoko Honma
Notes: This film and the 1999 film Owls' Castle were both based on Ryôtarô Shiba's 1959 novel Fukurô No Shiro (aka Castle of Owls).

Dir: Joseph Lai, Godfrey Ho
Prod: Joseph Lai, Betty Chan
Hong Kong
IFD Films & Arts
Aka Cobra Against Ninja
Leads: Richard Harrison, Stuart Smith, Alan Friss
VHS: Imperial Entertainment Corp. (under the title Cobra Vs. Ninja);
Master Arts Video (under the title Cobra Against Ninja)
DVD: 303 Recordings (under the title Cobra Vs. Ninja);
Brooklyn Zu (under the title Cobra Vs. Ninja on a double feature disc with Eagle Claw Champion)

Dir: Robert Tai (aka Tai Cheh)
Taiwan
Golden Sun Films
Aka Ninja Exterminators
Leads: Alexander Lo, Chan Lung, Chang Sheng, Ching Lung
VHS: World Video Pictures (as Ninja Exterminators)
DVD: Videoasia (as Devil Killer)

Dir: Menahem Golan
USA
Cannon Group Inc.
Leads: Franco Nero, Shô Kosugi, Susan George, Christopher George
VHS: MGM/UA Home Video
Blu-ray: Kino Lorber

Dir: Bob Chan
Prod: Joseph Lai, Betty Chan
Hong Kong
IFD Films & Arts
Aka Official Exterminator 5: Enter the Victory
Leads: Jimmy Alan, Alex Clark, Martin Gordon
VHS: Imperial Entertainment Corp. (Under the title Night of the Ninja)

Dir: Godfrey Ho
Prod: Tomas Tang
Hong Kong
Filmark International
Aka Empire of the Ninjas
Leads: Adam Nell, Ian Frank, Ken Ashley, Robert Brown
VHS: Trans World Entertainment (under the title Ninja Fantasy)

Dir: Tetsuya Yamanouchi
Japan
Toei Company
Leads: Jûshirô Konoe, Kei Satô, Shingo Yamashiro, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Takahiro Tamura

Dir: Godfrey Ho, Joseph Lai
Prod: Joseph Lai, Betty Chan
Hong Kong
IFD Films & Arts
Leads: Richard Harrison, Stuart Smith
Notes: Godfrey Ho makes an uncredited appearance as Doctor Ho
VHS: Trans World Entertainment

Dir: Phillip Kwok
Taiwan
Yu Feng Film Company
Aka Ninja Kung Fu, Hero Defeating Japs, Ruthless Tactics
Leads: Chang Peng, Chang Chung-Kuei, Chen Shen-Lin, Chiang Sheng
VHS: World Video Pictures Inc.

Dir: Corey Yuen
Japan/Hong Kong
Toei Company/Seasonal Film Corporation
Aka Ninja Commando, The Legend of Ninja
Leads: Conan Lee, Hwang Jang Lee, Hiroyuki Sanada

Dir: Godfrey Ho
Hong Kong
Filmark International Ltd.
Aka Ninja Masters of Death
Leads: Chris Peterson, Daniel Wells, Kelly Kruize
VHS: Imperial Entertainment Corp. (under the title Ninja Masters of Death)

Dir: John Lloyd
USA/Philippines
Silver Star
Aka Ninja Warrior
Leads: Ronald L. Marchini, Romano Kristoff, Paul Vance, Ken Watanabe, Mike Cohen
VHS: USA Home Video (hosted by Sybil Danning, as part of the "Sybil Danning Adventure Video" series)

Dir: Masahiro Shinoda
Japan
Toho Company
Leads: Kiichi Nakai, Takaya Kamikawa, Mayu Tsuruta, Riona Hazuki
Notes: This film and the 1963 film Castle of Owls were both based on Ryôtarô Shiba's 1959 novel Fukurô No Shiro (aka Castle of Owls).

Dir: Joseph Lai, Godfrey Ho
Prod: Joseph Lai, Betty Chan
Hong Kong
IFD Films & Arts
Aka Ninja Operation 5: Godfather the Master
Leads: Richard Harrison, Grant Temple, Adam Frank
VHS: Imperial Entertainment Corp. (under the title THE Power of Ninjitsu)

Dir: Sam Firstenberg
Prod: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
USA
Cannon Group Inc.
Leads: Sho Kosugi, Kane Kosugi, Keith Vitali, Virgil Frye, Mario Gallo, Arthur Roberts, Ashley Ferrare
VHS: MGM/UA Home Video

Dir: Wu-Hyeong Choi, Wen Po Tu
South Korea/Hong Kong
Aka Shaolin Drunk Fight, Shaolin Drunk Fighter, Royal Monks
Leads: Liu Hung Yi, Hau Chiu-Sing, Chiang Cheng
Notes: Technically a kung-fu/chop-socky flick, but it also features ninjas prominently.
VHS: Trans World Entertainment (under the title Shaolin Drunk Fighter);
Xenon Entertainment Group (under the title Royal Monks as part of the "Wu Tang Collection")
DVD: Ground Zero (under the title Shaolin Drunken Fight, as part of "The Eastern Heroes Collection")