Ninja (2009)
Ninja is a 2009 American martial arts film directed by Isaac Florentine and starring Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara and Mika Hijii. The film’s plot revolves around an American martial artist named Casey Bowman, who is asked by his sensei to travel to New York City and protect the Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Kōga ninja. Ninja: Shadow of a Tear, a sequel to the film, made its premiere at the 2013 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
Plot:
Casey Bowman is an American orphan, who is adopted into a martial arts dojo in Japan. Due of his perseverance and desire to master bushido, Casey earns the respect of his Sensei Takeda and his daughter Namiko. However, the dojo’s top student Masazuka becomes bitter over Namiko’s friendship with Casey. One morning, during a sparring match, Masazuka loses his temper and nearly kills Casey by throwing a katana at him. In self-defense, Casey scars Masazuka below his right eye. As a result of his actions, Masazuka is expelled from the dojo by Sensei Takeda. Years later, Masazuka becomes an assassin of an organization called
“Temple Industries”, which itself runs an underground cult known as “The Ring”. He returns to his former dojo and claims the succession as sōke, but Takeda turns him down. Anticipating an invasion by Masazuka, Takeda assigns Casey and Namiko to guard an old chest called the “Yoroi Bitsu”, which contains the suit and weapons of an ancient Koga ninja. Before Masazuka storms the dojo and murders Takeda, Casey and Namiko manage to take the “Yoroi Bitsu” to New York City, where they keep it safe at Triborough University’s vault with the help of Takeda’s friend, Professor Garrison. They are tracked down by Masazuka, who sends Temple’s thugs to take down the couple.
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Cast:
- Scott Adkins as Casey Bowman
- Tsuyoshi Ihara as Masazuka
- Mika Hijii as Namiko Takeda
- Todd Jensen as Detective Traxler
- Miles Anderson as Mr. Temple
- Garrick Hagon as Prof. Paul Garrison
- Togo Igawa as Sensei Takeda
- Valentin Ganev as Yuri Klimitov
- Atanas Srebrev as Detective Vukovich
- Fumio Demura as Dai Shihan
- Masaki Onishi as Ryuu
- Nikolai Sotirov as Adamovich
- Kenji Motomiya as Akira
- Asen Asenov as Big armed man
- Ivailo Dimitrov as Bodyguard
- Krassimir Gospodinov as Clerk
- Michael Oren Johnson as Desk Sergeant
- Ivo Kehayov as Cop
- Judith Michelle Hill as Neighbor Woman