Ninja Assassin (2009) Movie Script
Fuck!
Fucking-shit!
Fuck!
Fucking-fuck!
Watch it, old man!
What the fuck?
You're doing it wrong.
The needle is doing
what the needle does.
What the fuck is that
supposed to mean?
The irezumi does not hide the skin,
the tattoo reveals the nature of the man
and illuminates the four noble professions
in the Book of Five Rings:
the Warrior, the Artist,
the Merchant, and the farmer.
If there is a conflict between
the needle and the skin,
between the mark and the man,
perhaps the path you have chosen is not
the path for which you are suited.
What did you just say, old man?
Huh?
I know you didn't just disrespect me,
did you?
You that fucking stupid?
You disrespect me, and I'll tattoo
this ceiling with your fucking brains!
No disrespect.
You're lucky.
I can't kill you
'til you finish this thing.
Gimme that mirror!
How's it looking?
Not bad.
Hey, boss.
This just came for you.
What is it?
A letter.
So open it, dumb ass.
What?
What is it?
Looks like sand.
Yup. Sand.
Black Sand.
No...
You know what this is?
Fuck!
Hey, you wanna let us in on the joke?
Years ago, I watched a man open an envelope
like that one.
There were many with him
and they laughed as you laugh now.
Then it came from the shadows
and their laughter was drowned in blood.
What came out of the shadows?
I cannot say the word.
What word?
That night,
one of their blades struck here.
I should have died,
but for an accident of birth.
My heart is here,
on the other side.
What the fuck is that?
Looks like a Ninja, boss.
A ninja?
Are you kidding me?
That's the word you're afraid to say?
Ninja?
Ninja-Ninja-Ninja!
You old fuck!
You had me going!
Ninja.
That's some good shit.
Fuck! Fuck!
Fuck!
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Fuck!
Look...
you don't have to do this!
Whatever they pay you,
I'll double it!
I'll triple it!
You hear me!
I'll pay you whatever you want!
You cannot bargain with it
you cannot reason with it because...
it is not a human being
It is a demon sent
straight from the hell.
You shut up old man!
For fifty-seven-years,
Ive told your story...
No one ever believed me.
But you are real,
arent you?
NINJA
Assassin
Is all that for the Delgata case?
This is Delgata.
- And the rest?
- Evidence.
For?
No. Not again.
Mika, please.
What's the problem,
youve trusted my research before.
All right, here's a question for you.
Which of these words does not
belong in this sentence:
laptops, space shuttles,
nanotechnology, ninjas.
All Im asking for is an hour.
Thats all.
Why do I think
Im going to regret this?
You remember the Eulmi incident?
Korean queen, late eighteen-hundreds.
Killed by one of these ninja clans.
Ozunu.
I think.
Now Ive been going through
the original transcripts
of the trial of Kunitomo Shigeaki.
The prosecutor questioned Shigeaki
about a payment of 100 pounds of gold.
Shigeaki answered that he didnt know
what the prosecutor was talking about.
The question was never brought up again.
But what pinged for me was the amount-
the exact same amount
rumored to be paid to the Ozunu Clan
for the yakuza massacre
that xxx last week in Osaka.
So you start to wonder,
in this ever changing world,
if the cost of a mans life
has remained constant.
Exactly. And I figure these clans
are like a thousand years old.
They probably dont change a lot.
So I started looking at
international wire transfers,
targeting banks in the regions
of several high-profile assassinations
and bingo -
Russian Prime Minister Zhukov.
The day before the assassination
$1,555,999.90 was transferred
from the bank of Shanghai.
That is the exact market value
of one hundred pounds of gold.
Okay you got me.
This is interesting.
The clans are real, Ryan.
They steal children
and turn them into assassins.
Yeah. Look Mika, no one's denying
the historical facts.
But this whole thing just doesn't make
sense anymore in modern world.
Theyre real.
I mean you can call them spooks,
or assassins, or whatever you want
if it makes you feel better,
but theyre out there
and theyre killing people
and nobody is doing a damn thing
to stop them.
Hi.
Excuse me?
Would you mind?
If it's not too much trouble,
could you help me with this?
What clan are you from?
What are you doing in Berlin?
I don't understand.
No!
What's going on?
- So you say you found something?
- Yeah.
I was taking around try to seek something
I can come up with and I found this.
A report. A friend of mine
in Moscow, tipped me to it.
It was written during
the height of the Cold War
by a high ranking KGB agent
Aleksei Sabatin.
In it, he raises the possibility
that number of political assassinations
were conducted by an ancient
but very sophisticated network
he calls the Nine Clans.
Mind you,
he doesnt call them ninjas.
What happened to him?
Same thing thats going to happen to me,
if I hang around with you---
take down of the service
for mental instability.
You believe it now,
dont you?
Ninjas?
You gotta be joking.
Then why are you doing this?
I don't know.
But I can guarantee you that
it has nothing to do with the fact
that youre the most attractive
researcher that Ive ever worked with.
Oh, Mr. Nan, good, you're back.
We had a heating problem,
and I had to go into your apartment.
- Is it all right?
- it's all fixed.
You keep it very dark and spare in there.
And forgive me but I couldn't
help notice in your suitcases.
I told you
my father was a very sick man.
Do you have to leave Bellinzona?
Not yet.
But I'm expecting a phone call.
I'm sorry to hear that.
One day death will come for us all.
Wherever you are,
wherever you may go,
you must never forget who you are,
how you came to be.
You are Ozunu.
You are a part of me
as I am a part of you.
This is the truth of your lives
and it will remain true after death.
This is my new son.
I have given him the name Raizo.
Welcome him as your brother.
"Welcome Raizo"
The body must obey the will.
Hunger and thirst,
even the blood in your veins,
are the bodys weaknesses.
Master them,
and you master the self.
This is the power of the Ozunu clan.
This is the way of the ninja.
Eat tonight and you work
twice as hard tomorrow.
What are you depressed?
Look at your brother.
Life combat.
You know it's truth.
Abandoned by your parents.
Without a home.
Without people to care for you.
You should have died.
But, instead you fought.
As you did here today.
He fought. And he won.
He combat.
He freezed his enemy.
Without doubt.
Without thinking of worries.
You must not feel nothing at all.
Pain feeds weakness.
Remember suffering exists
only because weakness exists.
You must hate all weakness.
Hate it in others,
but most of all hate it in yourself.
- Mrs. Sabatin?
- Ja.
I'm Mika Corretti with Europol.
We spoke on the phone.
You said you read
my husband's report, yes?
Yes.
I understand the report caused some
problems for him with the KGB.
The report caused "problems"
for Alexei's career
the way Moses caused problems
for the Pharaoh,
very unpleasant.
What happened?
About two years ago,
after the assassination of Zhukov,
the report drew attention.
After that,
everything was different.
Alexei hired men to change all the locks,
and put in more of them.
Locks on the windows, locks on
the doors, locks on the locks.
He put in cameras and motion sensors
and lights.
Everywhere, lights.
"There can be no shadows," he said.
"No shadows."
Then, one day, a man came to the door.
They talked in Alexeis study for
sometime and then...
the young man left.
My husband was a soldier.
A member of Russian Intelligence.
He wasn't a man to frighten easy.
But when I came to the door,
in his eyes I saw fear.
And then he stood up he kissed me
and told me that he loved me very much.
He said...
I should always remember that.
Do you know what they talked about?
No.
He said it was safer that way.
Can I ask how he died?
The lights went out.
You are the first person who has
taken my husband's work seriously.
It would be good to know
that he did not die without cause.
He would want you to have this.
Who are you?
Yeah.
Go!
Did Takeshi's blow hurt you?
You think this is pain?
You are mistaken.
That is true pain.
This is your first test, Raizo.
Survive the night.
Very good, Raizo.
Very good.
Oh you look like a dog
xxx computer, aren't you?
Excuse me?
Agent Zabranski.
Internal Affairs.
Need to ask you
a couple of questions.
You are Mika Coretti, yeah?
Forensic researcher.
You work a lot with an Agent Maslow.
That right?
A few cases.
Yeah.
You have something of
a social relationship.
Excuse me?
You had lunch with him on the 13th
and again on the 18th.
How do you know that?
Is it not true?
Im not sure. We do have lunch together
sometimes, usually when were working---
Has Agent Maslow seemed
different to you lately, in any way?
Has he said or done anything
that struck you as unusual?
No why.
Has Agent Maslow
done something?
Just routine.
The agency cares about
its field operatives.
We monitor for signs of stress,
fatigue, mental exhaustion.
Agent Maslow has
a serious case load.
That much work
can wear on a man.
- Zabranski came around.
- Yeah. I crossed Zabranski too.
He mean it really clear, Ryan.
They're watching us.
I don't get full picture quiet here,
but i know warning when I see one.
- But why?
- Why? It's obvious.
If this little fantasy of yours has
any chance of being real,
then these Clans is gonna have some
pretty major juice protecting them.
So what are you going to do?
We are going to tip-toe,
very carefully from here on out.
You understand? You do nothing
without checking with me first.
Got it?
Okay.
The 14.th century scroll refers
to one of the oldest of the Nine Clans,
as the clan of Black Sand.
Islamic explorer Ibn-Battuta
journey to the group of orphans
that are being taken
to the real Shido.
hidden among the rocky mountains.
Battuta describes a ceremonial dinner
followed by a display of martial skill.
The combatants were children
neither beyond the age of ten.
His host explains that a mans life
must be made meaningless
compared to the life of the Clan.
Own the meaning of a mans life
and you own his heart.
You shouldn't do that.
It's against the rules.
- If they catch you---
- Then they catch me.
They'll put you in the box.
I believe the heart of the tree
knows which way it needs to grow.
Trees don't have hearts.
Everything has a heart.
I don't.
Really?
Let me see.
Hello?
Its saying hello back.
And that its happy to meet me...
but it misses you.
Liar.
Im not lying.
I can deny it.
For an entire year, you shall live
without one of your senses,
beginning with the sense
you rely on the most.
You must see with more
than your eyes.
Cut him Kiriko.
All failure must be sown into the flesh.
Cut him!
You know the law.
I told you.
I tried to warn you.
Yes.
You did.
Why Kiriko?
Why?
Why am I in here?
Why are you there?
Kiriko!
Why are you doing this?
I have to.
You know the law.
He will cut your heart from your chest.
No.
He can never touch my heart.
Come with me.
Where?
What is out there?
Life.
My life is here.
MIKA Coretti
Alexanderplatz 10, 179
Fucking Christ, Ryan---
I'm sorry I couldnt talk earlier, Mika.
Theyre watching me. Get in.
Ryan, where have you been?
I've been calling your office all day.
I know how Sabatin
must have felt.
What happened?
Right now I've got internal affairs,
Homeland Security, CIA,
and for all I know the Martian
Fucking Military in my office
tearing the place apart.
What are we going to do?
You are going to go home.
Pack your bags and go on holiday.
- No way.
- Dont argue with me, Mika.
I trusted you.
Now youve got to trust me.
I'm sorry. I cant let you lose
your job because of me, Ryan.
Im not talking about
losing my job.
Take this. Its clean.
Untraceable. No serial
Ryan...
Yeah. I know.
Ive investigated,
world bank organizations,
drug cartels, arms dealers,
and Ive never faced this kind of heat.
For ninjas.
Fucking unbelievable!
Excuse me.
- Hey.
- Hi.
Hey.
What's going on?
Power's out. Us, the building behind us,
that one across the street.
Seems like every few months,
boom, the lights out.
Okay.
Thanks.
More will come.
What?
They wont stop
until you are dead.
Oh, God.
The gun wont help you.
Well I dont have a lot of options, okay.
I once took a Tae Bo class,
but thats the extent of
my Kung Fu abilities, right?
I can help you
but you have to trust me.
Okay.
Do you know me?
No.
Security camera in New York,
and fought with one of them.
You know about them?
A little.
Nine Clans.
And apparently they've been supplying
assassins to governments
or anyone who has
a hundred pounds of gold
for the last thousand years.
His name was Jin.
You knew him?
He was not born an Assassin.
Youre from his Clan?
Then why did you stop him?
They're coming.
Who?
Run little brother.
Run.
Weakness compels strength.
Betrayal begets blood.
This is the law of the Nine Clans.
We have been betrayed.
A child of mine, my daughter,
betrayed us.
She refused my gifts.
Rejected our clan.
A shame can only be purged with blood.
You...
You my son who returned her
shall have this honor.
Where are we going?
Does not matter.
You think theyre following us?
I know theyre following us.
I dont see anything back there.
They have our scent.
Following our scent?
Like dogs?
No.
Like Wolves.
My name is Mika by the way.
Raizo is the name I was given.
So, you were an orphan?
If its okay with you, Im gonna try
to fill in some of the blank here.
So you must have been taken by the
Ozunu Clan, trained to be an assassin,
but something happened and
you decided to opt out of the program.
Now I dont imagine
that went over so well
and since theyre after me for
just peeking through the keyhole,
they must be after you
in a major way.
But you are also after them
which is why you are in Berlin.
Because Sabatin is one ot few people
pursuing the Clan, xxx
what is why they took him up. xxx
But heres a question
I cant answer:
Why did you save me?
Your entire life has brought you
to this moment.
Do not fail yourself.
Do not fail your family.
He is wearing a gold watch.
Bring it to me.
That kinda tickled...
Gonna take more than a knitting needle
to fuck me up, boy.
Yeah.
Keep it.
It will remind you that
every moment of your life
is a gift that I have given you.
You have made me proud,
my son.
Now the time must come for you
to prove you are true Ozunu.
She tried to get away from us.
From her family.
Takeshi caught her
and return her to us.
Weakness compels strength.
Betrayal begets blood.
This is the law of the Nine Clans.
You need protection.
No. I want Ozunu.
And I need your help to get it.
Exit here.
You are a size 36?
What? No! Size 34.
If you leave while I am gone
they will hunt you and kill you.
Do you understand?
Get undressed. Shower.
Do not use the hotel soap.
Do you smoke?
Put your clothes in here.
These jeans are a little tight.
You said 34.
Yeah, well it's german sizes,
xxx run a little small I guess.
This is for a scent.
Right?
Let's go.
- Yeah?
- Ryan, its me.
Mika! For Christ sake
Ive been calling for hours!
I know.
Im in a bit of trouble---
Trouble? Listen you miss jury
xxx youre in trouble.
Youre in deeper shit
that you've ever been.
Yeah. Least Im not down here by myself.
Sabatin has gone.
The man from the tape is with you?
Hes on our side, Ryan. He wants Ozunu,
but he needs the agency help him.
Be careful, Mika.
I trust him.
All right, look...
I can't make any promises
but when we cooperate
I'll do what I can.
- Can we met?
- Where?
How bout the usual?
There he is.
Its all right.
He's a good guy.
- Mika, you're okay?
- Yeah. Thanks to him.
- Why have you done this?
- Done what?
People will die.
Move it.
What the fuck are you doing?
Following orders.
Prisoner is secure sir.
Right.
He doesn't like
a killing machine to me, sir
Looks like he belongs in a boy band.
He could xxx
- Prisoner.
- Sir.
Ryan, this is wrong!
I mean it cant be legal!
What is this place?
Your private Guantanamo?
Its an old GDR safehouse.
Jamison wants this off the grid.
Youre making
a huge mistake!
I dont think so.
I got reports from London, Washington,
and Osaka all tagging your boy.
The only problem we have is
where to extradite him first.
So two weeks ago,
theres no such thing as a ninja
and now every city in the world
has a warrant for one?
Hes not the enemy.
Hes a killer, Mika. Werent you the one
telling me it was our job to stop him.
Youre not listening to me!
'Cause youre not saying
anything worth hearing.
Look, you wanna do
the insubordination tango,
lets go,
but not in front of the children okay?
Boys get up!
Come on! Let's go! Out!
Damn it, Ryan, I'm just trying---
Listen to me,
we don't have much time.
I don't know
what you've stumbled into,
but somebody is pulling
some major strings inside.
They want him dead.
Hes been fighting them for years.
I believe you.
I've been in this business too long
not to smell a set-up.
But we have to be careful
how we handle this.
And I can't risk you going AWOL
on me again,
Now if you get in trouble...
you should switch this on,
and no matter where you are,
I'll find you.
Hey.
You looked thirsty.
Im sorry I didnt know about this.
I know.
You do?
The only time you lied to me was
when you told me your size.
How did you know that?
Your heart.
It is special.
Maslow is on our side.
Hes going to try to help you.
Its too late.
- No. xxx
- Ryan, can I talk to you?
We have to do this again,
Coretti?
I just...
I have reason to believe that a group
of ninja may be on their way here.
Well I think these gentlemen can handle
a few whack-jobs wearing pajamas.
- Am I right?
- "Yes"
- See?
- But the situation we discussed---
Im working on that.
You have to give me some time.
We dont have time.
- Theyre not here now, aren't they?
- Theyll be here soon.
How soon?
Raizo.
- Mika!
- Go with her! Secure the prisoner!
Team two, run after the prisoner. xxx
Be careful and secure area. xxx
- Occupied!
- Occupied!
You want to get yourself killed, Coretti?
You have to open the cell. xxx
We're moving the prisoner.
- Those arent our orders.
- Mika, get out of here!
Not without you.
Then we all die together.
Shit!
- Open the gate!
- I can't do that.
xxx
- You're already in to Rome. xxx
- Watch out!
xxx
xxx
- Oh, Mika, Mika...
- Shut up!
I like to one more.
Fuck it!
Fuck!
Shit!
- Mika hurry!
- Okay.
Mika, I don't want to sound critical...
Look I'm doing the best I can.
We don't have much time.
Let's go.
Wait here.
Let's go!
Behind you. xxx
I got him!
The car is upstairs.
Go.
- Go now.
- Okay.
Little brother.
Come on Raizo.
Raizo, where are you?
Shit!
Shit!
Oh my God!
Shit!
Oh my God!
No!
No!
xxx
Come on.
Good bye little brother.
Get in.
I can't believe it,
don't you?
I was waiting for you.
Oh God!
You have to go to a hospital.
No.
Not a hospital.
Just keep moving.
- Mika, where are you?
- He told me to keep moving.
- Is he still alive?
- After a fashion.
- Mika let us bring you in.
- No. Not this time.
Mika listen to me.
Theyre too many people involved now.
- Its just a matter of time.
- Yeah, I dont think we have much time.
Mika?
Mika?
I know you
cant hear me,
so Im sure
this doesnt matter,
but Im going to say it anyway.
Im just a forensic researcher, okay?
xxx thats a fancy way
of saying Im a librarian.
By myself I cant do anything
to help you.
I wanted to thank you
for saving my life.
And I hope
you can forgive me for this.
- Agent Maslow?
- Yeah?
- The tracking device.
- You've got a lock?
Triangulating her position now.
Right. I want the international transport
mobilize and ready to go in five minutes.
xxx
xxx
God damn it.
- You!
- No!
They took him.
Ten minutes ago.
Hes gone.
xxx
You are Ozunu.
You're part of me
as I'm part of you.
This is the truth of your lives
and it will remain true after death.
My child.
It is good to see you again.
Do you know
there was a time
when I looked at you
I felt sense of pride.
No child has shown me more xxx
You're the son
I was waiting for.
The one to take my place.
And now do you know
what you have done?
How you ashamed my family?
How you betrayed me? xxx
Why do you think I did it?
Get this thing out of my sight. xxx
Tonight we avenge
our brothers and sisters.
Tonight we avenge our honor.
Let this death will be remembered
for a thousands years.
Weakness compels strength.
Betrayal begets blood.
You're getting weak,
old man.
Father...
Go ahead!
xxx
Shit!
What took you?
You knew I'd come?
Just because I was asleep
doesn't mean I couldn't hear you.
And I forgive you.
Mika!
Come with me.
You swear me
that you are close guide device. xxx
I thougth It was too late.
Gun is ready, sir. xxx
- Hit it! xxx
- Go.
Stay here.
You two with me.
Come, little brother,
let's play like old times.
My turn.
You still think about her?
Remember the sound she made
when I stuck her?
You remember all I told you?
You are true Ozunu.
Come beg your father for forgiveness.
Your heart is weak.
Mika, leave!
Right now!
Fuck!
All this lost is waist.
Because you preferred yourself
before your family. xxx
This is not my family.
You're not my father.
And the breath I take
after I kill you
will be the first of my life.
Mika! Run!
Where is he?
Where is he!
Get away!
Mika!
No!
Most children are disappointment,
not worth the effort to raise.
Mika!
Jesus Christ what happened?
She saved my life.
Medic!
Medic!
She will be all right.
Her heart is special.
Hurry! The medic here now!
- She will be all right?
- I dont understand...
Shes got a hole right through
the middle of her heart but...
My heart is over here.
You...
Come with me.
Fucking-shit!
Fuck!
Fucking-fuck!
Watch it, old man!
What the fuck?
You're doing it wrong.
The needle is doing
what the needle does.
What the fuck is that
supposed to mean?
The irezumi does not hide the skin,
the tattoo reveals the nature of the man
and illuminates the four noble professions
in the Book of Five Rings:
the Warrior, the Artist,
the Merchant, and the farmer.
If there is a conflict between
the needle and the skin,
between the mark and the man,
perhaps the path you have chosen is not
the path for which you are suited.
What did you just say, old man?
Huh?
I know you didn't just disrespect me,
did you?
You that fucking stupid?
You disrespect me, and I'll tattoo
this ceiling with your fucking brains!
No disrespect.
You're lucky.
I can't kill you
'til you finish this thing.
Gimme that mirror!
How's it looking?
Not bad.
Hey, boss.
This just came for you.
What is it?
A letter.
So open it, dumb ass.
What?
What is it?
Looks like sand.
Yup. Sand.
Black Sand.
No...
You know what this is?
Fuck!
Hey, you wanna let us in on the joke?
Years ago, I watched a man open an envelope
like that one.
There were many with him
and they laughed as you laugh now.
Then it came from the shadows
and their laughter was drowned in blood.
What came out of the shadows?
I cannot say the word.
What word?
That night,
one of their blades struck here.
I should have died,
but for an accident of birth.
My heart is here,
on the other side.
What the fuck is that?
Looks like a Ninja, boss.
A ninja?
Are you kidding me?
That's the word you're afraid to say?
Ninja?
Ninja-Ninja-Ninja!
You old fuck!
You had me going!
Ninja.
That's some good shit.
Fuck! Fuck!
Fuck!
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Fuck!
Look...
you don't have to do this!
Whatever they pay you,
I'll double it!
I'll triple it!
You hear me!
I'll pay you whatever you want!
You cannot bargain with it
you cannot reason with it because...
it is not a human being
It is a demon sent
straight from the hell.
You shut up old man!
For fifty-seven-years,
Ive told your story...
No one ever believed me.
But you are real,
arent you?
NINJA
Assassin
Is all that for the Delgata case?
This is Delgata.
- And the rest?
- Evidence.
For?
No. Not again.
Mika, please.
What's the problem,
youve trusted my research before.
All right, here's a question for you.
Which of these words does not
belong in this sentence:
laptops, space shuttles,
nanotechnology, ninjas.
All Im asking for is an hour.
Thats all.
Why do I think
Im going to regret this?
You remember the Eulmi incident?
Korean queen, late eighteen-hundreds.
Killed by one of these ninja clans.
Ozunu.
I think.
Now Ive been going through
the original transcripts
of the trial of Kunitomo Shigeaki.
The prosecutor questioned Shigeaki
about a payment of 100 pounds of gold.
Shigeaki answered that he didnt know
what the prosecutor was talking about.
The question was never brought up again.
But what pinged for me was the amount-
the exact same amount
rumored to be paid to the Ozunu Clan
for the yakuza massacre
that xxx last week in Osaka.
So you start to wonder,
in this ever changing world,
if the cost of a mans life
has remained constant.
Exactly. And I figure these clans
are like a thousand years old.
They probably dont change a lot.
So I started looking at
international wire transfers,
targeting banks in the regions
of several high-profile assassinations
and bingo -
Russian Prime Minister Zhukov.
The day before the assassination
$1,555,999.90 was transferred
from the bank of Shanghai.
That is the exact market value
of one hundred pounds of gold.
Okay you got me.
This is interesting.
The clans are real, Ryan.
They steal children
and turn them into assassins.
Yeah. Look Mika, no one's denying
the historical facts.
But this whole thing just doesn't make
sense anymore in modern world.
Theyre real.
I mean you can call them spooks,
or assassins, or whatever you want
if it makes you feel better,
but theyre out there
and theyre killing people
and nobody is doing a damn thing
to stop them.
Hi.
Excuse me?
Would you mind?
If it's not too much trouble,
could you help me with this?
What clan are you from?
What are you doing in Berlin?
I don't understand.
No!
What's going on?
- So you say you found something?
- Yeah.
I was taking around try to seek something
I can come up with and I found this.
A report. A friend of mine
in Moscow, tipped me to it.
It was written during
the height of the Cold War
by a high ranking KGB agent
Aleksei Sabatin.
In it, he raises the possibility
that number of political assassinations
were conducted by an ancient
but very sophisticated network
he calls the Nine Clans.
Mind you,
he doesnt call them ninjas.
What happened to him?
Same thing thats going to happen to me,
if I hang around with you---
take down of the service
for mental instability.
You believe it now,
dont you?
Ninjas?
You gotta be joking.
Then why are you doing this?
I don't know.
But I can guarantee you that
it has nothing to do with the fact
that youre the most attractive
researcher that Ive ever worked with.
Oh, Mr. Nan, good, you're back.
We had a heating problem,
and I had to go into your apartment.
- Is it all right?
- it's all fixed.
You keep it very dark and spare in there.
And forgive me but I couldn't
help notice in your suitcases.
I told you
my father was a very sick man.
Do you have to leave Bellinzona?
Not yet.
But I'm expecting a phone call.
I'm sorry to hear that.
One day death will come for us all.
Wherever you are,
wherever you may go,
you must never forget who you are,
how you came to be.
You are Ozunu.
You are a part of me
as I am a part of you.
This is the truth of your lives
and it will remain true after death.
This is my new son.
I have given him the name Raizo.
Welcome him as your brother.
"Welcome Raizo"
The body must obey the will.
Hunger and thirst,
even the blood in your veins,
are the bodys weaknesses.
Master them,
and you master the self.
This is the power of the Ozunu clan.
This is the way of the ninja.
Eat tonight and you work
twice as hard tomorrow.
What are you depressed?
Look at your brother.
Life combat.
You know it's truth.
Abandoned by your parents.
Without a home.
Without people to care for you.
You should have died.
But, instead you fought.
As you did here today.
He fought. And he won.
He combat.
He freezed his enemy.
Without doubt.
Without thinking of worries.
You must not feel nothing at all.
Pain feeds weakness.
Remember suffering exists
only because weakness exists.
You must hate all weakness.
Hate it in others,
but most of all hate it in yourself.
- Mrs. Sabatin?
- Ja.
I'm Mika Corretti with Europol.
We spoke on the phone.
You said you read
my husband's report, yes?
Yes.
I understand the report caused some
problems for him with the KGB.
The report caused "problems"
for Alexei's career
the way Moses caused problems
for the Pharaoh,
very unpleasant.
What happened?
About two years ago,
after the assassination of Zhukov,
the report drew attention.
After that,
everything was different.
Alexei hired men to change all the locks,
and put in more of them.
Locks on the windows, locks on
the doors, locks on the locks.
He put in cameras and motion sensors
and lights.
Everywhere, lights.
"There can be no shadows," he said.
"No shadows."
Then, one day, a man came to the door.
They talked in Alexeis study for
sometime and then...
the young man left.
My husband was a soldier.
A member of Russian Intelligence.
He wasn't a man to frighten easy.
But when I came to the door,
in his eyes I saw fear.
And then he stood up he kissed me
and told me that he loved me very much.
He said...
I should always remember that.
Do you know what they talked about?
No.
He said it was safer that way.
Can I ask how he died?
The lights went out.
You are the first person who has
taken my husband's work seriously.
It would be good to know
that he did not die without cause.
He would want you to have this.
Who are you?
Yeah.
Go!
Did Takeshi's blow hurt you?
You think this is pain?
You are mistaken.
That is true pain.
This is your first test, Raizo.
Survive the night.
Very good, Raizo.
Very good.
Oh you look like a dog
xxx computer, aren't you?
Excuse me?
Agent Zabranski.
Internal Affairs.
Need to ask you
a couple of questions.
You are Mika Coretti, yeah?
Forensic researcher.
You work a lot with an Agent Maslow.
That right?
A few cases.
Yeah.
You have something of
a social relationship.
Excuse me?
You had lunch with him on the 13th
and again on the 18th.
How do you know that?
Is it not true?
Im not sure. We do have lunch together
sometimes, usually when were working---
Has Agent Maslow seemed
different to you lately, in any way?
Has he said or done anything
that struck you as unusual?
No why.
Has Agent Maslow
done something?
Just routine.
The agency cares about
its field operatives.
We monitor for signs of stress,
fatigue, mental exhaustion.
Agent Maslow has
a serious case load.
That much work
can wear on a man.
- Zabranski came around.
- Yeah. I crossed Zabranski too.
He mean it really clear, Ryan.
They're watching us.
I don't get full picture quiet here,
but i know warning when I see one.
- But why?
- Why? It's obvious.
If this little fantasy of yours has
any chance of being real,
then these Clans is gonna have some
pretty major juice protecting them.
So what are you going to do?
We are going to tip-toe,
very carefully from here on out.
You understand? You do nothing
without checking with me first.
Got it?
Okay.
The 14.th century scroll refers
to one of the oldest of the Nine Clans,
as the clan of Black Sand.
Islamic explorer Ibn-Battuta
journey to the group of orphans
that are being taken
to the real Shido.
hidden among the rocky mountains.
Battuta describes a ceremonial dinner
followed by a display of martial skill.
The combatants were children
neither beyond the age of ten.
His host explains that a mans life
must be made meaningless
compared to the life of the Clan.
Own the meaning of a mans life
and you own his heart.
You shouldn't do that.
It's against the rules.
- If they catch you---
- Then they catch me.
They'll put you in the box.
I believe the heart of the tree
knows which way it needs to grow.
Trees don't have hearts.
Everything has a heart.
I don't.
Really?
Let me see.
Hello?
Its saying hello back.
And that its happy to meet me...
but it misses you.
Liar.
Im not lying.
I can deny it.
For an entire year, you shall live
without one of your senses,
beginning with the sense
you rely on the most.
You must see with more
than your eyes.
Cut him Kiriko.
All failure must be sown into the flesh.
Cut him!
You know the law.
I told you.
I tried to warn you.
Yes.
You did.
Why Kiriko?
Why?
Why am I in here?
Why are you there?
Kiriko!
Why are you doing this?
I have to.
You know the law.
He will cut your heart from your chest.
No.
He can never touch my heart.
Come with me.
Where?
What is out there?
Life.
My life is here.
MIKA Coretti
Alexanderplatz 10, 179
Fucking Christ, Ryan---
I'm sorry I couldnt talk earlier, Mika.
Theyre watching me. Get in.
Ryan, where have you been?
I've been calling your office all day.
I know how Sabatin
must have felt.
What happened?
Right now I've got internal affairs,
Homeland Security, CIA,
and for all I know the Martian
Fucking Military in my office
tearing the place apart.
What are we going to do?
You are going to go home.
Pack your bags and go on holiday.
- No way.
- Dont argue with me, Mika.
I trusted you.
Now youve got to trust me.
I'm sorry. I cant let you lose
your job because of me, Ryan.
Im not talking about
losing my job.
Take this. Its clean.
Untraceable. No serial
Ryan...
Yeah. I know.
Ive investigated,
world bank organizations,
drug cartels, arms dealers,
and Ive never faced this kind of heat.
For ninjas.
Fucking unbelievable!
Excuse me.
- Hey.
- Hi.
Hey.
What's going on?
Power's out. Us, the building behind us,
that one across the street.
Seems like every few months,
boom, the lights out.
Okay.
Thanks.
More will come.
What?
They wont stop
until you are dead.
Oh, God.
The gun wont help you.
Well I dont have a lot of options, okay.
I once took a Tae Bo class,
but thats the extent of
my Kung Fu abilities, right?
I can help you
but you have to trust me.
Okay.
Do you know me?
No.
Security camera in New York,
and fought with one of them.
You know about them?
A little.
Nine Clans.
And apparently they've been supplying
assassins to governments
or anyone who has
a hundred pounds of gold
for the last thousand years.
His name was Jin.
You knew him?
He was not born an Assassin.
Youre from his Clan?
Then why did you stop him?
They're coming.
Who?
Run little brother.
Run.
Weakness compels strength.
Betrayal begets blood.
This is the law of the Nine Clans.
We have been betrayed.
A child of mine, my daughter,
betrayed us.
She refused my gifts.
Rejected our clan.
A shame can only be purged with blood.
You...
You my son who returned her
shall have this honor.
Where are we going?
Does not matter.
You think theyre following us?
I know theyre following us.
I dont see anything back there.
They have our scent.
Following our scent?
Like dogs?
No.
Like Wolves.
My name is Mika by the way.
Raizo is the name I was given.
So, you were an orphan?
If its okay with you, Im gonna try
to fill in some of the blank here.
So you must have been taken by the
Ozunu Clan, trained to be an assassin,
but something happened and
you decided to opt out of the program.
Now I dont imagine
that went over so well
and since theyre after me for
just peeking through the keyhole,
they must be after you
in a major way.
But you are also after them
which is why you are in Berlin.
Because Sabatin is one ot few people
pursuing the Clan, xxx
what is why they took him up. xxx
But heres a question
I cant answer:
Why did you save me?
Your entire life has brought you
to this moment.
Do not fail yourself.
Do not fail your family.
He is wearing a gold watch.
Bring it to me.
That kinda tickled...
Gonna take more than a knitting needle
to fuck me up, boy.
Yeah.
Keep it.
It will remind you that
every moment of your life
is a gift that I have given you.
You have made me proud,
my son.
Now the time must come for you
to prove you are true Ozunu.
She tried to get away from us.
From her family.
Takeshi caught her
and return her to us.
Weakness compels strength.
Betrayal begets blood.
This is the law of the Nine Clans.
You need protection.
No. I want Ozunu.
And I need your help to get it.
Exit here.
You are a size 36?
What? No! Size 34.
If you leave while I am gone
they will hunt you and kill you.
Do you understand?
Get undressed. Shower.
Do not use the hotel soap.
Do you smoke?
Put your clothes in here.
These jeans are a little tight.
You said 34.
Yeah, well it's german sizes,
xxx run a little small I guess.
This is for a scent.
Right?
Let's go.
- Yeah?
- Ryan, its me.
Mika! For Christ sake
Ive been calling for hours!
I know.
Im in a bit of trouble---
Trouble? Listen you miss jury
xxx youre in trouble.
Youre in deeper shit
that you've ever been.
Yeah. Least Im not down here by myself.
Sabatin has gone.
The man from the tape is with you?
Hes on our side, Ryan. He wants Ozunu,
but he needs the agency help him.
Be careful, Mika.
I trust him.
All right, look...
I can't make any promises
but when we cooperate
I'll do what I can.
- Can we met?
- Where?
How bout the usual?
There he is.
Its all right.
He's a good guy.
- Mika, you're okay?
- Yeah. Thanks to him.
- Why have you done this?
- Done what?
People will die.
Move it.
What the fuck are you doing?
Following orders.
Prisoner is secure sir.
Right.
He doesn't like
a killing machine to me, sir
Looks like he belongs in a boy band.
He could xxx
- Prisoner.
- Sir.
Ryan, this is wrong!
I mean it cant be legal!
What is this place?
Your private Guantanamo?
Its an old GDR safehouse.
Jamison wants this off the grid.
Youre making
a huge mistake!
I dont think so.
I got reports from London, Washington,
and Osaka all tagging your boy.
The only problem we have is
where to extradite him first.
So two weeks ago,
theres no such thing as a ninja
and now every city in the world
has a warrant for one?
Hes not the enemy.
Hes a killer, Mika. Werent you the one
telling me it was our job to stop him.
Youre not listening to me!
'Cause youre not saying
anything worth hearing.
Look, you wanna do
the insubordination tango,
lets go,
but not in front of the children okay?
Boys get up!
Come on! Let's go! Out!
Damn it, Ryan, I'm just trying---
Listen to me,
we don't have much time.
I don't know
what you've stumbled into,
but somebody is pulling
some major strings inside.
They want him dead.
Hes been fighting them for years.
I believe you.
I've been in this business too long
not to smell a set-up.
But we have to be careful
how we handle this.
And I can't risk you going AWOL
on me again,
Now if you get in trouble...
you should switch this on,
and no matter where you are,
I'll find you.
Hey.
You looked thirsty.
Im sorry I didnt know about this.
I know.
You do?
The only time you lied to me was
when you told me your size.
How did you know that?
Your heart.
It is special.
Maslow is on our side.
Hes going to try to help you.
Its too late.
- No. xxx
- Ryan, can I talk to you?
We have to do this again,
Coretti?
I just...
I have reason to believe that a group
of ninja may be on their way here.
Well I think these gentlemen can handle
a few whack-jobs wearing pajamas.
- Am I right?
- "Yes"
- See?
- But the situation we discussed---
Im working on that.
You have to give me some time.
We dont have time.
- Theyre not here now, aren't they?
- Theyll be here soon.
How soon?
Raizo.
- Mika!
- Go with her! Secure the prisoner!
Team two, run after the prisoner. xxx
Be careful and secure area. xxx
- Occupied!
- Occupied!
You want to get yourself killed, Coretti?
You have to open the cell. xxx
We're moving the prisoner.
- Those arent our orders.
- Mika, get out of here!
Not without you.
Then we all die together.
Shit!
- Open the gate!
- I can't do that.
xxx
- You're already in to Rome. xxx
- Watch out!
xxx
xxx
- Oh, Mika, Mika...
- Shut up!
I like to one more.
Fuck it!
Fuck!
Shit!
- Mika hurry!
- Okay.
Mika, I don't want to sound critical...
Look I'm doing the best I can.
We don't have much time.
Let's go.
Wait here.
Let's go!
Behind you. xxx
I got him!
The car is upstairs.
Go.
- Go now.
- Okay.
Little brother.
Come on Raizo.
Raizo, where are you?
Shit!
Shit!
Oh my God!
Shit!
Oh my God!
No!
No!
xxx
Come on.
Good bye little brother.
Get in.
I can't believe it,
don't you?
I was waiting for you.
Oh God!
You have to go to a hospital.
No.
Not a hospital.
Just keep moving.
- Mika, where are you?
- He told me to keep moving.
- Is he still alive?
- After a fashion.
- Mika let us bring you in.
- No. Not this time.
Mika listen to me.
Theyre too many people involved now.
- Its just a matter of time.
- Yeah, I dont think we have much time.
Mika?
Mika?
I know you
cant hear me,
so Im sure
this doesnt matter,
but Im going to say it anyway.
Im just a forensic researcher, okay?
xxx thats a fancy way
of saying Im a librarian.
By myself I cant do anything
to help you.
I wanted to thank you
for saving my life.
And I hope
you can forgive me for this.
- Agent Maslow?
- Yeah?
- The tracking device.
- You've got a lock?
Triangulating her position now.
Right. I want the international transport
mobilize and ready to go in five minutes.
xxx
xxx
God damn it.
- You!
- No!
They took him.
Ten minutes ago.
Hes gone.
xxx
You are Ozunu.
You're part of me
as I'm part of you.
This is the truth of your lives
and it will remain true after death.
My child.
It is good to see you again.
Do you know
there was a time
when I looked at you
I felt sense of pride.
No child has shown me more xxx
You're the son
I was waiting for.
The one to take my place.
And now do you know
what you have done?
How you ashamed my family?
How you betrayed me? xxx
Why do you think I did it?
Get this thing out of my sight. xxx
Tonight we avenge
our brothers and sisters.
Tonight we avenge our honor.
Let this death will be remembered
for a thousands years.
Weakness compels strength.
Betrayal begets blood.
You're getting weak,
old man.
Father...
Go ahead!
xxx
Shit!
What took you?
You knew I'd come?
Just because I was asleep
doesn't mean I couldn't hear you.
And I forgive you.
Mika!
Come with me.
You swear me
that you are close guide device. xxx
I thougth It was too late.
Gun is ready, sir. xxx
- Hit it! xxx
- Go.
Stay here.
You two with me.
Come, little brother,
let's play like old times.
My turn.
You still think about her?
Remember the sound she made
when I stuck her?
You remember all I told you?
You are true Ozunu.
Come beg your father for forgiveness.
Your heart is weak.
Mika, leave!
Right now!
Fuck!
All this lost is waist.
Because you preferred yourself
before your family. xxx
This is not my family.
You're not my father.
And the breath I take
after I kill you
will be the first of my life.
Mika! Run!
Where is he?
Where is he!
Get away!
Mika!
No!
Most children are disappointment,
not worth the effort to raise.
Mika!
Jesus Christ what happened?
She saved my life.
Medic!
Medic!
She will be all right.
Her heart is special.
Hurry! The medic here now!
- She will be all right?
- I dont understand...
Shes got a hole right through
the middle of her heart but...
My heart is over here.
You...
Come with me.