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Beverly Hills Ninja

Beverly Hills Ninja
Beverly Hills Ninja poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Produced by Bradley Jenkel
Brad Krevoy
Steven Stabler
Mitch Klebanoff
Written by Mark Feldberg
Mitch Klebanoff
Starring
Music by George S. Clinton
Cinematography Arthur Albert
Edited by Jeff Gourson
Production
company
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date
January 17, 1997 (1997-01-17)
Running time
88 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Japanese
Budget $18 million
Box office $31.5 million
Beverly Hills Ninja
Soundtrack album to Beverly Hills Ninja
Released January 14, 1997
Genre Soundtrack
Length 34:14
Label EMI Records
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars

Beverly Hills Ninja is a 1997 American martial arts comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Mark Feldberg and Mitch Klebanoff. The film stars Chris Farley, Nicollette Sheridan, Robin Shou, Nathaniel Parker and Chris Rock. The main plot revolves around Haru (portrayed by Farley), the white orphan boy was found by a clan of ninjas as an infant in an abandoned treasure chest and was raised by them. Haru never quite conforms to their culture and never acquires the skills of a ninja, but is nonetheless good-natured and persevering in his personal ambitions. His first mission brings him to Beverly Hills to investigate a murder mystery. It was the last film featuring Farley to be released in his lifetime.

A clan of ninjas finds an abandoned chest that has been washed onto shore, and find a white baby inside. One of their ancient legends spoke of a white foreigner male who would come among the ninja and become a master like no other would. The boy, Haru (Chris Farley), is raised amongst the ninja, with the expectation that he may be the one of whom the legend speaks. As Haru grows into adulthood, doubts are quickly cast over him for being the great white ninja. Despite not possessing any ninja traits, Haru is clumsy and fails to graduate a ninja with the rest of his class. Left alone to protect the temple while the clan are on a mission, Haru disguises himself as a ninja when an American woman whose real name is Alison Page but calls herself "Sally Jones" (Nicollette Sheridan), comes to the temple to seek assistance. Sally says she is suspicious of her boyfriend, Martin Tanley (Nathaniel Parker), and asks Haru to investigate. Haru finds out that Tanley and his bodyguard, Nobu (Keith Cooke Hirabayashi) are involved in a money counterfeiting business, but cannot find Sally to tell her. Haru leaves Tokyo and goes to Beverly Hills to search for Sally. Gobei (Robin Shou), Haru's adoptive brother, is sent by the clan's sensei (Soon-Tek Oh) to watch over and protect Haru, with Haru unaware of his presence.


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