The Ninja Trilogy watch order
There are 3 The Ninja Trilogy films, about 4.8 hours in total. The first was released in 1981, the latest in 1984. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
The so-called Ninja Trilogy comprises Menahem Golan’s Enter the Ninja from 1981, and Sam Firstenberg’s sequels in-name-only, Revenge of the Ninja (1983) and Ninja III: The Domination (1984), all unified by the appearance of actor and real-life practitioner of ninjutsu Sho Kosugi (playing a different character in each title), and all rightly celebrated as showcases for the most egregious, ’80s-inflected cash-in excesses of Golan and Globus’ Cannon Films. Though the groundwork was laid by 1980’s The Octagon, it was these three films that began a veritable explosion of ninja presence in mainstream action flicks.
- 1
Enter the Ninja (1981)
17 Jul 1981 · 100 min
A newly trained ninja warrior journeys to the Philippines, where he must defend his former war comrade's property against a determined adversary.
- 2
Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
7 Sep 1983 · 91 min
A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.
- 3
Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
14 Sep 1984 · 94 min
An aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.