The Hunted (1995)

Paul is on one of his many business trips to Tokyo, as a computer-chip executive from New York, when he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman. Later, he finds himself in the wrong place at... See full summary »

Director:

J.F. Lawton

Writer:

J.F. Lawton

Stars:

Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Joan Chen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Lambert	...	Paul Racine
John Lone	...	Kinjo
Joan Chen	...	Kirina
Yoshio Harada	...	Takeda Sensei
Yôko Shimada	...	Mieko Takeda
Mari Natsuki	...	Junko
Tak Kubota	...	Oshima
Masumi Okada	...	Lt. Wadakura
Tatsuya Irie	...	Hiryu
Michael Warren	...	Chase
Bart Anderson	...	John
James Saito	...	Nemura
Seth Sakai	...	Dr. Otozo Yamura
Toshishiro Obata	...	Ryuma
Ken Kensei	...	Sujin

Storyline

Paul is on one of his many business trips to Tokyo, as a computer-chip executive from New York, when he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman. Later, he finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, inadvertently interrupting an assassination by a feared Ninja-cult. As he is now the only man to have seen the face of the cult's warrior-leader and lived, he soon realizes that he is facing a markedly foreshortened life-expectancy. Teaming up with a friendly samurai couple, on a two-centuries-old blood-feud with the Ninja, he struggles to survive. Finally, recuperating on an island-fortress, he learns swordsmanship, and perhaps, a little about courage, honor, love, and loyalty. The requisite final confrontation is rife with bloody swordplay and spectacular martial-arts action sequences.

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Plot Keywords:

ninja | martial arts | martial arts master | mass killing | violence | 

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Taglines:

He's trapped in a world where killing is an art and revenge is an obsession

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody ninja violence and some sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

24 February 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Perseguido

Filming Locations:

Japan

Box Office

Gross:

$6,607,652 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Bregman/Baer Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Exterior shots of the train were filmed on location on Japan, however, the interior shots were filmed on a set at Bridge Studios in Vancouver, B.C. The scenery rushing by outside the windows was simulated using large rotating drums with "blurred" scenery painted on it.

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Goofs

In the Opening scene where Racine is walking with his business partners talking about "selling ice to Eskimos", Racine enters the taxi-cab with his trench coat on. When he arrives at the hotel, he gets out of the cab without the trench coat.

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Quotes

Racine: We were just killing time.
Takeda: Time does not die; only people.

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Connections

Referenced in NCIS: Engaged (Part I) (2011)

User Reviews

A good film

The Hunted is surprisingly high in production values, acting and story. It also provides a nice inside look into Japanese culture and society. Blood and Gore of course, are a plenty. Christopher Lambert played his role very well and kept his naiveté and innocence very well portrayed, while finding himself in the middle of a war. The sword-fight choreography is decent and very realistic. The Japanese actors put on a splendid show. This a gripping, colorful and highly satisfying film that will never have you bored at any point. I find it quite under-rated because it is quite well developed despite its obscurity. This is something I would recommend to any viewer.