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{{Infobox film
| name = Alien vs. Ninja
| image = Alien-vs-ninja-poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = American theatrical release poster
| director = [[Seiji Chiba]]
| writer = Seiji Chiba
| producer = Seiji Chiba<br/>Yoshinori Chiba
| starring = [[Shuuji Kashiwabara]]<br/>[[Mika Hijii]]<br />[[Ben Hiura]]
| cinematography = Tetsuya Kudô
| editing = Seiji Chiba
| music =
| studio = [[Nikkatsu]] (as [[Sushi Typhoon]])
| distributor = Nikkatsu<br/>8 Films
| released = {{Film date|2010|7|3|[[New York Asian Film Festival|NYAFF]]}}
| runtime = 83 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget = $600,000
| gross =
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Alien vs Ninja'''''|エイリアンVSニンジャ}}, also known as '''''AvN''''', is a 2010 Japanese [[martial arts film|martial arts]] science-fiction [[comedy film]] written and directed by [[Seiji Chiba]].

Produced by [[Nikkatsu]] studios, the film was slated for release in July 2010. The US DVD and Blu-ray were released February 22, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/38316/alien-vs-ninja-and-mutant-girls-squad-premiere-this-weekend-and-come-blu-ray-dvd-early-20|title=Alien vs. Ninja and Mutant Girls Squad Premiere This Weekend and Come to Blu-ray / DVD in Early 2011|date=October 10, 2012 |publisher=DreadCentral}}</ref>

==Plot==
A band of [[ninja]] warriors, led by an [[Iga-ryū|Iga ninja]] named Yamata and his comrades Jinnai and Nezumi, are assigned to investigate the crash of a mysterious object from the sky. Upon arriving at the crash site, they discover the remains of other ninjas that have been brutally torn apart. Shortly after joining forces with another band of ninjas led by the ''[[kunoichi]]'' Rin, they encounter a boy whose village was massacred by an unknown assailant. Before they can get any further explanation from him, the ninjas are attacked by the assailants, who reveal themselves to be aliens from another planet. After a grueling battle that takes the lives of several ninjas, Yamata, Rin and Jinnai kill three of the aliens, but one of them retreats and takes Jinnai with it. A cowering Nezumi rushes back to his home village, only to see the villagers massacred by the aliens. He runs for his life, but is cornered by the alien, which swiftly decapitates him as his head lands on a temple post for a crow to feed on.

Jinnai wakes up at an abandoned temple, hanging upside down along with corpses of other ninjas. He discovers an organism lurking within his throat, but before he can react, it takes over his body. The boy leads Yamata and Rin to the temple, only to be surrounded by Jinnai and the dead ninjas, who are being manipulated by small organisms secreted from the alien's nostrils. The possessed Jinnai and the dead ninjas utter English expletives before Yamata takes one down to shut them up. After discovering a pair of eyes peeking from a dead ninja's mouth, Yamata tells Rin to target the dead ninjas' throats. Rin dispatches the ninjas by ejecting the organisms from their throats while Yamata shoves his hand through Jinnai's mouth to extract the symbiote controlling him. After a long struggle, Yamata frees Jinnai from the alien's control. Yamata then squares off against the last alien in a cave. Overpowered by Yamata's skills, the alien sprouts wings to fly out of the scene, but Yamata grabs its leg before taking off. The alien attempts to shake Yamata off its back, but Yamata places a bomb on it and jumps off before it explodes. Yamata lands safely and reunites with his comrades before they return home, unaware that the boy has one of the organisms in his bag.<ref name="fangoria"/><ref name="dreadcentral"/><ref name="quietearth"/>

==Cast==
* Masanori Mimoto as Yamata
* [[Shuji Kashiwabara]] as Jinnai
* Donpei Tsuchihira as Nezumi
* [[Mika Hijii]] as Rin
* [[Yuuki Ogoe]] as Nishii
* [[Ben Hiura]] as Iga Master

==Production==
The project was first announced at the 2009 Asian Film Festival.<ref name="twitchfilm"/> In November 2009, it was announced that distribution rights were sold by Nikkatsu to Revolver Entertainment for the United Kingdom and to M Pictures for Thailand. The sale marked Nikkatsu's first such deal with London and Los Angeles-based Revolver. ''Alien vs Ninja'' is the first title for Nikkatsu's new label [[Sushi Typhoon]].<ref name="screendaily"/> Principal filming was completed in early 2010,<ref name="variety1"/> and the film's world premiere was at the [[New York Asian Film Festival]]<ref name="fangoria2"/> on July 3, 2010.<ref name="broadwayworld"/>

==Release==
''Alien vs Ninja'' premiered at the 2010 [[New York Asian Film Festival]] on July 3, 2010.<ref name="fba-review" /> It was released in Japan on July 23, 2011.<ref name="fba-review" />

==Reception==
On ''[[Film Business Asia]]'', Derek Elley gave the film a 6 out of 10, calling it an "enjoyably trashy ninja nonsense that's smarter than its appears at first glance."<ref name="fba-review">{{cite web |url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/alien-vs-ninja|title= Alien vs Ninja|author= Derek Elley|date= August 13, 2010|access-date= June 15, 2015|work= [[Film Business Asia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175816/http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/alien-vs-ninja|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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<ref name="twitchfilm">{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.net/news/2009/11/afm-09-first-up-from-sushi-typhoon-alien-vs-ninja.php|title=AFM 09: First Up From Sushi Typhoon, Alien vs Ninja|last=Brown|first=Todd|date=November 5, 2009|publisher=[[Twitch Film]]|access-date=June 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516131256/http://twitchfilm.net/news/2009/11/afm-09-first-up-from-sushi-typhoon-alien-vs-ninja.php|archive-date=May 16, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="variety1">{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118019040.html?categoryId=4015&cs=1|title=Japanese cult pics soaring|last=Bull|first=Brett|date=May 12, 2010|work=Variety |access-date=June 2, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100518060249/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118019040.html?categoryid=4015&cs=1| archive-date= May 18, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

<ref name="fangoria2">{{cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=918:new-york-asian-film-festival-announces-2010-lineup&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167|title=New York Asian Film Festival announces 2010 lineup|date=May 20, 2010|publisher=[[Fangoria]]|access-date=June 2, 2010|archive-date=May 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531161418/http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=918:new-york-asian-film-festival-announces-2010-lineup&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="screendaily">{{cite news|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/afm/nikkatsu-sells-alien-vs-ninja-to-uk-and-thailand/5007948.article|title=Japanese studio Nikkatsu has sold Alien Vs Ninja to Revolver Entertainment for the UK and M Pictures for Thailand.|last=Gray|first=Jason|date=November 10, 2009|publisher=[[Screen Daily]]|access-date=June 2, 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="fangoria">{{cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=479:forget-about-qalien-vs-predatorq-weve-got-the-alien-vs-ninjaq-trailer&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167|title=Forget About "ALIEN VS. PREDATOR"! We've Got The 'ALIEN VS. NINJA" trailer!|publisher=[[Fangoria]]|access-date=June 2, 2010|archive-date=May 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531161401/http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=479:forget-about-qalien-vs-predatorq-weve-got-the-alien-vs-ninjaq-trailer&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="broadwayworld">{{cite web|url=http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article/JAPAN_CUTS_Festival_of_Contemporary_Japanese_Cinema_Begins_716_20100526|title=JAPAN CUTS Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema Begins 7/16|author=BWW newsdesk|date=May 26, 2010|publisher=Broadway World|access-date=June 2, 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="dreadcentral">{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36782/avn-aliens-vs-ninja-no-matter-who-wins-we-eat-sushi|title=AVN: Alien vs. Ninja – No Matter Who Wins We Eat Sushi|work=[[Dread Central]]|date=April 5, 2010 |publisher=[[CraveOnline]]|access-date=June 2, 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="quietearth">{{cite web|url=http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2010/04/03/Trailer-for-Sushi-Typhoons-ALIEN-vs-NINJA|title=Trailer for Sushi Typhoon's ALIEN vs. NINJA!|date=April 3, 2010|publisher=[[Quiet Earth]]|access-date=June 2, 2010}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1592503}}

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