Tongan Ninja

Tongan Ninja
Tongan Ninja
Directed by	Jason Stutter
Written by	Jemaine Clement and Jason Stutter
Produced by	Andrew Calder & Jason Stutter
Starring	Sam Manu; Jemaine Clement; Lisa Tseng; Raybon Kan; David Fane; Victor Rodger
Music by	Plan 9; Jemaine Clement; Bret McKenzie
Production; companies	Warner Bros.; Village Roadshow Pictures
Distributed by	Anchor Bay Entertainment (US); High Fliers Distribution (UK); Magna Pacific (AUS & NZ); Showtime Australia (Australia); Wild Pictures and Wild Side Vidéo (France)
Release dates	2 November 2002 (North America); 18 January 2006 (France);
Running time	83 minutes
Country	New Zealand
Language	English
Budget	NZ$80,000

Tongan Ninja is a 2002 kung-fu action comedy film directed by Jason Stutter and filmed in New Zealand. The film garnered notoriety at the time for co-starring and being co-written by Jemaine Clement, star of the HBO comedy Flight of the Conchords. The film is a parody of English-dubbed martial arts films, with a plot heavily based on Way of the Dragon. It also features songs written by Jemaine Clement and Flight of the Conchords co-star Bret McKenzie.

Plot

A young child is stranded in Tonga when his plane crashes and his father is eaten by piranhas. There, he trains in a dojo until he earns the name Tongan Ninja. The Tongan Ninja is dispatched to the island nation of New Zealand in order to help the brother of his master with his floundering Chinese restaurant. But the mysterious Mister Big stands in the eatery's way as he sends numerous villains such as Knife Man, Gun Man, and Action Fighter to keep the restaurant closed and the employees in fear. The Tongan Ninja must travel to Mr. Big's ninja headquarters at the So-Called-Syndicate to put a stop to his criminal empire once and for all.

Cast

Sam Manu as Tongan Ninja (Sione Finau)
Jemaine Clement as Action Fighter (Marvin)
Linda Tseng as Miss Lee
Raybon Kan as Asian Sidekick
David Fane as Herman the Henchman
Victor Rodger as Mr. Big
Charley Murphy Samau as Tongan Ninja Child
Brett Ormsby as Chang the waiter
Marty Pine as Wong
Tana Umaga as Famous rugby player

DVD

The special features section includes a "making of" segment including director's commentary, and cameos by famous New Zealand directors Peter Jackson and Andrew Adamson.

External links

Tongan Ninja at IMDb
Entire film on YouTube

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