A Ninja Pays Half My Rent

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A Ninja Pays Half My Rent
Directed by Steven Tsuchida
Written byAaron Ginsburg
Wade McIntyre
Steven Tsuchida
Produced byMark Castro
Steven Tsuchida
Starring Timm Sharp
Anthony Liebetrau
Shin Koyamada
CinematographyRhet W. Bear
Edited byKen Mowe
Production
company
Black Gold Films
Distributed by Oil Factory
Release date
Running time
5 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Ninja Pays Half My Rent is a short comedy film by Steven Tsuchida, it was first released in 2003. [1]

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Plot

When your roommate dies from an allergic reaction to fruit and the rent is due and you don't have the cash to cover it, there's no time to mess around picking a new roommate. So it goes that our hero in this short comes to share his home with a ninja. Then another ninja wants to be his roommate. Conditions for disaster, fulfilled.

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References

  1. "A Ninja Pays Half My Rent". 2,500 Movies Challenge. November 18, 2015.