Ninja

Plot

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.

Release Year: 2009

Rating: 5.3/10 (3,917 voted)

Director:
Isaac Florentine

Stars: Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Mika Hijii

Storyline
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.

Writers: Boaz Davidson, Boaz Davidson

Cast:

Scott Adkins
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Casey

Tsuyoshi Ihara
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Masazuka

Mika Hijii
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Namiko

Todd Jensen
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Det. Traxler

Togo Igawa
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Sensei

Garrick Hagon
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Professor Garrison

Miles Anderson
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Temple

Valentin Ganev
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Klimitov

Atanas Srebrev
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Detective Vukovich

Fumio Demura
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Shihai Dai

Kenji Motomiya
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Akira

Nikolai Sotirov
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Adamonovich

Harry Anichkin
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Very Rich Man

Velizar Binev
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Waiter

Assen Blatechki
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Failed Guard

Details

Official Website:
Official site |
Official site [Thailand] |

Release Date: 22 October 2009

Filming Locations: New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria

Box Office Details

Budget: $10,000,000

(estimated)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Goofs:

Continuity:
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.

User Review

Dudikoff never moved like that!

Rating: 7/10


"Ninja" does something that is hard to do…. it updates something from
the past but still retains a nostalgic feel about it. Sometimes it felt
like it was 1985 and I was a kid sitting on the living room floor
eating popcorn and watching American Ninja. But then I see Scott Adkins
do an amazing aerial kick and I know I'm not watching Michael Dudikoff.
"Ninja" takes a similar formula and story from those ninja movies from
the 80's and combines it with a hard hitting and acrobatic fighting
style seen in today's martial arts movies. This movie was a lot of fun
and if you grew up watching ninja and martial arts movies in the 80s
like me, you will definitely enjoy it.