Ninja (2009)

A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.

Director:

Isaac Florentine

Writers:

Boaz Davidson (story), Boaz Davidson

Stars:

Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Mika Hijii

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Adkins	...	Casey Bowman
Tsuyoshi Ihara	...	Masazuka
Mika Hijii	...	Namiko Takeda
Todd Jensen	...	Det. Traxler
Togo Igawa	...	Sensei Takeda
Garrick Hagon	...	Professor Garrison
Miles Anderson	...	Temple
Valentin Ganev	...	Klimitov
Atanas Srebrev	...	Detective Vukovich
Fumio Demura	...	Shihan Dai
Masaki Onishi	...	Ryuu
Nikolai Sotirov	...	Adamovich
Kenji Motomiya	...	Akira
Asen Asenov	...	Big armed man
Ivailo Dimitrov	...	Bodyguard

Storyline

Casey, a Westerner studies Ninjitsu in Japan. And in their Master's possession is an Ninja armor with some legendary weapons which goes to a deserving person. Masazuka, another student thinks he is that person but the Master has an affinity for Casey. One day Masazuka attacks Casey and Casey defends himself scarring Masazuka. Masazuka would be banished. He would then become an assassin, who works for a group criminals called The Ring. Masazuka would return demanding the armor but the Master still refuses. The Master tells Casey and his daughter, Namiko to take the armor to America were it can be kept from Masazuka. After killing the Master, Masazuka follows them to Anmerica and tries to get it. Casey is erroneously arrested for crimes committed by Masazuka. He eventually abducts Namiko and demands turn the armor to him. Casey tells him if he wants he'll have to fight him for it.

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Plot Keywords:

master | armor | ninja | assassin | ninjitsu | 

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Taglines:

From the shadow of the night, a warrior is born

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence throughout

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Thailand]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese Russian Spanish

Release Date:

22 October 2009 (Malaysia)

Also Known As:

Nindzsa

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films, Millennium Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Scott Adkins, Valentin Ganev and Velizar Binev all appeared Together in Undisputed 2: last man Standing another Nu Image Film directed by Issac Florentine, Adkins and Ganev would later Appear in Undisputed III: Redemption and Boyka: Undisputed together.

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Goofs

in the fight on top of the police station, Masazuka strikes above Casey's head, causing a very visible white scar on the wall behind Casey. In the next scene of the wall, the scar is gone.

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Connections

Referenced in Not Another Not Another Movie (2011)

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Soundtracks

Sweetest Symphony
Written by 'Rainer Marschel'
Performed by Atomic
Published by Community Publishing

User Reviews

This movie totally sucked!

I hated it! i rented it from blockbuster because it looked like it was going to be a good movie but oh my lord! IT Wasn't'T! First the script was sooooo cheesy. And another thing, i don't like when the put white dudes in the place of what should be a Japanese woman or man. As you can see the Japanese girl barely fought she practically sucked, but the white dude was like the best fighter in the whole damn school. GET A GRIP! Crouching Tiger is a martial arts movie, House of flying Daggers is a martial arts movie. This is NOT a martial arts movie, and frankly it was stupid and unthought of. I just finished watching Blood: The Last Vampire and it got negative reviews and i see this with positive reviews? What kind of stuff is that? This gives martial arts films a bad name, sorry but it does