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
Distributed by	Anchor Bay Entertainment (USA) High Fliers Distribution (UK) Magna Pacific (AUS & NZ) Showtime Australia (Australia) Wild Pictures and Wild Side Vidéo (France)
Release dates	North America: November 2, 2002 France: January 18, 2006
Running time	83 min.
Country	New Zealand
Language	English
Budget	NZ$80,000

Tongan Ninja is a 2002 full length kung-fu action-comedy directed by Jason Stutter and filmed in New Zealand. The film has received recent notoriety for co-starring and being co-written by Jemaine Clement, star of the HBO comedy Flight of the Conchords. The movie is a parody of English-dubbed martial arts films, with a few other popular films and the plot is taken from Way of the Dragon. It also features songs written by Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie - also from the Flight of the Conchords.

Plot

The Tongan Ninja is dispatched to the island nation of New Zealand in order to help a 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 the super-sexy Action Fighter who may know a lot about the hero.

Cast

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

DVD

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

External links

• Tongan Ninja at IMDb