Ninja Assassin (2009)
2009 film by James McTeigue
- Released
- 2009
- Country
- United States, Germany
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Ninja film
- Director
- James McTeigue
- Screenplay
- J. Michael Straczynski
- Producer
- Joel Silver, the Wachowskis
- Music
- Ilan Eshkeri
- Cinematography
- Karl Walter Lindenlaub
- Starring
- Rain, Lee Joon, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Rick Yune, Sho Kosugi, Sung Kang, Randall Duk Kim
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment, Legendary Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment
- Distributor
- Warner Bros. Entertainment, Netflix
- Budget
- $30 million
- Set in
- Japan, Berlin
Ninja Assassin is a 2009 martial arts film directed by James McTeigue, from a screenplay by Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski. It stars Rain as a disillusioned assassin from a modern-day ninja clan, looking for retribution against his former mentor, played by Sho Kosugi. The cast also features Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, and Rick Yune. The film was produced by The Wachowskis, Joel Silver and Grant Hill under Legendary Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment and Silver Pictures. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, and premiered in theaters across the United States on November 25, 2009. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but was a moderate commercial success.
Cast
- Rain
- Lee Joon
- Naomie Harris
- Ben Miles
- Rick Yune
- Sho Kosugi
- Sung Kang
- Randall Duk Kim
- Linh Dan Pham
- Stephen Marcus
- Adriana Altaras
- Eleonore Weisgerber
- Tim Williams
- David Leitch
- Steffen Groth
- Hans Hohlbein
- Patrick Pinheiro
- Richard van Weyden
- Ill-Young Kim
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q671631 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.