Five Element Ninjas (1982)

1982 film by Chang Cheh

Released

1982

Country

Hong Kong, British Hong Kong

Language

Cantonese

Genre

Martial arts film, Ninja film

Director

Chang Cheh

Producer

Mona Fong

Running time

107 minutes

Production company

Shaw Brothers Studio

Distributor

Netflix

Five Elements Ninjas (Chinese: 五遁忍術) is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh. The film is about a Chinese martial arts school that finds itself outclassed by their rivals, so they hire an elite ninja from Japan to destroy the school. The lone survivor of the massacre learns the secrets of ninjutsu and seeks revenge against the ninja. Although only starring one member of the famed Venom Mob in Lo Mang, the film very much is in the spirit of director Cheh's later Venom Mob films.

More films directed by Chang Cheh

• The One-Armed Swordsman 1967
• Have Sword, Will Travel 1969
• The Invincible Fist 1969
• Vengeance 1970
• The Wandering Swordsman 1970
• The Heroic Ones 1970
• The New One-Armed Swordsman 1971
• Duel of Fists 1971
• The Deadly Duo 1971
• The Duel 1971
• The Water Margin 1972
• The Boxer from Shantung 1972
• Angry Guest 1972
• Delightful Forest 1972
• Four Riders 1972
• Man of Iron 1972
• Young People 1972
• The Blood Brothers 1973
• The Pirate 1973
• Police Force 1973

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q5455902 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.