![]() Climbing the same wall Kiriko did in the past, he looks out at the surrounding countryside and breathes with a smile, feeling his freedom for the first time. Raizo stays behind in the ruins of the Ozunu retreat. Mika, seemingly fatally wounded, is in fact saved by a quirk of birth: her heart is actually on the right side of her chest. Enraged, Raizo uses a "shadow blending" technique for the first time to distract and kill Lord Ozunu. Mika interferes to help but gets stabbed by Lord Ozunu. He proceeds to kill Takeshi and confront Lord Ozunu in a sword duel. In the confusion, Mika frees Raizo from his bindings. Turning the night into day by saturating the sky above with powerful flares, the military forces are able to fight the ninjas on their own terms. Europol Special Forces and tactical teams led by Maslow storm the secluded Ozunu retreat (nestled in the mountains) using the tracking device on Raizo. During the transport back to the Ozunu, Raizo uses his ninja techniques to heal his own wounds. Unable to fend off the Ozunu, she hides outside the motel until Special Forces arrive to help her.īy the time they arrive, the ninja have already kidnapped Raizo, bringing him before Lord Ozunu for execution. Resting in the motel, Mika implants the tracking device into Raizo, as the ninjas remain in pursuit. Mika frees Raizo and they both manage to escape, but Raizo suffers near-fatal wounds. The Ozunu ninjas infiltrate the Europol safe house, where Raizo is being held, in an attempt to kill him and everybody inside. However, Raizo is arrested by Maslow and abducted by Europol agents for interrogation.Īlthough feeling betrayed, Mika is assured by Maslow that he is still on her side and gives her a tracking device for emergencies. Mika meets Raizo and convinces him to see Maslow for protection, as well as to provide evidence against the Ozunu. She defies her superior, Ryan Maslow, and retrieves secret agency files to find out more about the investigation. Meanwhile, Europol agent Mika Coretti has been investigating money-linked political murders and finds out that they are possibly connected to the Ozunu. After years, Raizo recovers and trains on his own to intervene in, and foil, all of Ozunu's assassination attempts. Barely surviving, he falls off the rooftop and into a river. Remembering Kiriko's death, Raizo slashes Lord Ozunu's face with his kyoketsu-shoge and fights against his fellow ninjas. There, Lord Ozunu orders him to execute a kunoichi traitor. After the mission, Raizo meets the rest of his clan atop a city skyscraper in Berlin. Years later, an adult Raizo is instructed by Lord Ozunu to complete his first assassination to kill a group of gangster. Branded as a traitor, Kiriko is captured and later executed in front of Raizo by their elder ninja brother Takeshi, who impales her through the heart. One rainy night, Kiriko climbs a wall to escape and encourages Raizo to join her, but he chooses to stay. As time goes by, Kiriko becomes disenchanted with the Ozunu's routine and decides to abandon it. The only kindness he ever feels is from a young kunoichi named Kiriko, with whom he eventually develops a romantic bond. ![]() The Ozunu Clan's training is extremely brutal, especially for Raizo since he is to be the next successor of the clan. The clan charges 100 pound worth of gold for their services and always kill any witnesses in the vicinity of their target. The Ozunu Clan, led by the ruthless Lord Ozunu, trains orphans from around the world to become the ultimate ninja assassins to offer assassin service to rich clients. Its box office gross was $61,590,252, of which $38,122,883 was from North America. Ninja Assassin premiered in theaters across the United States on Novemand received mixed reviews from critics. The Wachowskis, Joel Silver, and Grant Hill produced the film for Legendary Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment and Silver Pictures. Ninja Assassin explores political corruption, child endangerment and the impact of violence. The film stars South Korean pop musician Rain as a disillusioned assassin looking for retribution against his former mentor, played by ninja film legend Sho Kosugi. The story was written by Matthew Sand, with a screenplay by J. Ninja Assassin is a 2009 martial arts film directed by James McTeigue.
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