Scripted series · Fox Latin America
Cumbia Ninja
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ricardo Abarca
Sebastián "Hache" Acuña
45 eps
Brenda Asnicar
Nieves /Juana Carabajal
45 eps
Nikolás Rincón
Chopín
45 eps
Julio Nava
Tumba
16 eps
Natalia Reyes
Jéssica
16 eps
Sergio Borrero
Oscar
45 eps
Albi De Abreu
Italo
16 eps
Kristina Lilley
Aurelia
16 eps
Ruddy Rodriguez
Carmenza Acuña
16 eps
Víctor Jiménez
Xiang Wu
16 eps
Rubén Zamora
León Carbajal
16 eps
Carla Giraldo
Talita
16 eps
Juan Diego Sánchez
John Alex
16 eps
Miguel Rodarte
Félix Villalba / Sr. Balam
16 eps
René Figueroa
El Dragón Sungaku
16 eps
Christian Meier
Willy Vega
16 eps
Cristina Umaña
Coqui
40 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Cumbia Ninja actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Cumbia Ninja reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and World Building.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The story
What it's about
In a major slum called La Colina, young idealist Hache and his friends will confront the drug dealers who control the neighborhood. They will succeed with the help of music, an old Chinese ninja master and a mythical character who also lives in La Colina. Simultaneously, Juana will find shelter there as she runs away from her family's assassins.
Recently aired
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Luis E. LanglemeyWriter
- Martín PreuscheWriter
- Natacha CaraviaWriter
- Andrés GelósWriter
Cinematography
- Alfredo RuizDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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