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Directed by | Dennis Dugan |
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Cinematography | Arthur Albert |
Edited by | Jeff Gourson |
Music by | George S. Clinton |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United States |
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Budget | $18 million |
Box office | $37.9 million |
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, Nathaniel Parker, with Chris Rock, and Robin Shou. The main plot revolves around Haru (portrayed by Farley), a white orphan boy who is found by a clan of ninjas as an infant in an abandoned treasure chest and is 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 starring Farley to be released in his lifetime, as he died eleven months after its release.[1]