Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.
Practical Effects
Rain trained 8+ hours daily for months; the wire work is genuinely insane.
Stunts
That opening kitchen massacre sets the tone: practical meets digital excess.
Direction
McTeigue brought V for Vendetta's polish to pure ninja schlock.
Director
James McTeigue
Rain
Raizo
Naomie Harris
Mika
Ben Miles
Maslow
Rick Yune
Takeshi
Sho Kosugi
Ozunu
Randall Duk Kim
Tattoo Master
Sung Kang
Hollywood
Lee Joon
Teenage Raizo
Anna Sawai
Teenage Kiriko
Kai Fung Rieck
Teenage Takeshi
Kylie Liya Page
Young Kiriko
Eleonore Weisgerber
Mrs. Sabatin
Wladimir Tarasjanz
Aleksei Sabatin
Thorston Manderlay
Zabranski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Wachowskis produced this passion project specifically to showcase Rain after Speed Racer; they bankrolled it when studios balked at the R rating.
That opening scene where Raizo shreds an entire clan in a dark room—lit only by muzzle flashes and his own blade sparks—was shot in one chaotic night after the original sequence flooded.
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