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Ninja

Ninja

A Silent Warrior. A Lethal Mission.

20096.11h 23m

Overview

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.

Directed by Isaac Florentine
Written by Michael Hurst, Boaz Davidson
Produced by Boaz Davidson, Les Weldon, Danny Lerner
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0MRevenue: $36.1M

Top Cast

Scott Adkins

Scott Adkins

Casey

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Masazuka

Mika Hijii

Mika Hijii

Namiko

Todd Jensen

Todd Jensen

Detective Traxler

Garrick Hagon

Garrick Hagon

Professor Garrison

Togo Igawa

Togo Igawa

Sensei

Miles Anderson

Miles Anderson

Temple

Valentin Ganev

Valentin Ganev

Klimitov

Atanas Srebrev

Atanas Srebrev

Detective Vukovich

Fumio Demura

Fumio Demura

Shihan Dai

Themes & Keywords

martial artsninjagaijinkunoichi

About Ninja

Ninja is a action, crime, drama, thriller film released in 2009 exploring themes of martial arts, ninja, gaijin, kunoichi. Directed by Isaac Florentine, it stars Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Mika Hijii. 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.

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