Ninja Assassin (忍者刺客 / ニンジャ アサシン) (Ninja Assassin)

Fuck.

Fuck.

Fucking fuck!

Watch it. old man.

What the fuck? You're doing it wrong!

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 Booh of five Rings:

The warrior. the artist. the merchant and the farmer.

lf there is a conflict between the needle and the skin...

...between the mark and the man...

...then perhaps the path you've chosen is not the path for which you're suited.

What did you just say. old man?

Huh?

l know you didn't just disrespect me. did you?

You that fucking stupid?

You disrespect me and l'll tattoo the ceiling with your fucking brains.

No disrespect.

You're lucky.

l can't kill you until you finish this thing. Bang.

Give me that mirror.

Let's see how it's looking.

Not bad. not bad.

Hey. boss. This just came for you.

-What is it? -A letter.

So open it. dumbass.

What?

-What is it? -It looks like sand.

Yep. Sand.

-Black sand. -No.

You know what this is?

You wanna let us in on the joke?

Years ago l watched a man open an envelope like that one.

There were many with him.

And they laughed as you laugh now.

And then it came from the shadows...

...and their laughter was drowned in blood.

What came out of the shadows?

l cannot say the word.

What word?

That night...

...one of their blades struck here.

l should have died but for an accident of birth.

My heart is here. on the other side.

The fuck is that?

lt looks like a ninja. boss.

A ninja?

Are you kidding me? That's the word you're afraid to say? Ninja?

Ninja. ninja. ninja. Yeah. you old fuck.

Yeah. you had me going.

-Ninja. That's some good shit. -Ninja.

Wanna fuck with me. huh?

Wanna fuck with me?

Look. you don't have to do this.

Whatever they're paying you. l'll double it.

l'll triple it.

You hear me?

l'll pay you whatever you want.

You cannot bargain with it. you cannot reason with it...

...because it is not a human being.

lt is a demon sent straight from hell.

You shut your face. old man!

l'll blow your fuck--

For 57 years. l've told your story.

No one ever believed me. but you are real. aren't you?

ls all that for the Delgata case?

This is Delgata.

-And the rest? -Evidence.

For?

Oh. no. not again. Mika. please.

What is the problem? You've trusted my research before.

Here's a question. Which of these does not belong in this sentence:

Laptop. space shuttle. nanotechnology. ninja.

All l'm asking for is an hour. That's all.

Why do l think l'm gonna regret this?

Remember the Eulmi Incident?

Korean queen. Iate 1 800s. killed by one of these ninja clans.

Ozunu. l think.

Now. l've been going through the original transcripts of the trial...

...of Kunitomo Shigeaki.

The prosecutor questioned Shigeaki about a payment of 1 OO pounds of gold.

Shigeaki answered that he didn't 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 have been paid to the Ozunu Clan...

...for the yakuza massacre that happened Iast week in Osaka.

So you wonder. in this ever-changing world...

...if the cost of a man's life remains the same.

Exactly. l mean. l figure these clans are like. what. a thousand years old?

They probably don't change.

So l started looking at international wire transfers...

...targeting banks in the regions of several high-profile assassinations.

And bingo. Russian Prime Minister lhukov.

The day before the assassination...

...t1 .555.999 and 90 cents...

...was transferred from the Bank of Shanghai.

That is the exact market equivalent of 100 pounds of gold.

-Okay. you got me. this is interesting. -The clans are real. Ryan.

They steal children and turn them into assassins.

Look. Mika. no one's denying the historical facts...

...but this thing doesn't make sense in a modern world.

They're real. You can call them spooks or assassins or whatever you want...

...if it makes you feel better. but they are out there and they are killing people.

And nobody is doing a damn thing to stop them.

Hi. Excuse me.

Would you mind?

lf it's not too much trouble. could you help me with this?

What clan are you from?

What are you doing in Berlin?

l don't understand.

What is going on?

You found something?

l was digging around trying to see what l could come up with and l found this.

A report. A friend of mine in Moscow tipped me to it.

lt was written during the Cold War...

...by a high-ranking KGB agent named Alexi Sabatin.

He raises the possibility that a number of political assassinations...

...were conducted by an ancient but sophisticated network...

...he calls the Nine Clans.

-Mind you. he doesn't call them ninjas. -What happened to him?

Same thing that's gonna happen to me if l hang around with you.

Kicked out of the service for mental instability.

You believe it now. don't you?

Ninjas.

-You gotta be joking. -Well. then why are you doing all this?

l don't know.

But l can guarantee you it has nothing to do with the fact...

.. .that you're the most attractive researcher l have ever worked with.

Oh. Mr. Nan.

Good. you are back.

We had a heating problem. and l had to go into your apartment.

-ls it all right? -lt's all fixed.

You keep it very dark and spare in there.

And forgive me. but l couldn't help noticing your suitcases.

l told you, my father was a very sick man.

Do you have to leave Berlin soon?

Mot yet, but l am expecting a phone call.

l'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 part of me...

...as l am part of you.

This is the truth of your lives...

...and it will remain true after death.

This is my new son.

l 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 body's weakness.

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 is the lesson?

Look at your brother.

Life is combat.

You know this 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. you fought and you won.

ln combat. you face the enemy without doubt. without pity or remorse.

To survive. you must learn to fear nothing at all.

Pain breeds weahness.

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? -Yeah.

l'm Mika Coretti with Europol. We spoke on the phone.

You said you read my husband's report. yes?

Yes.

l understand the report caused some problems for him within the KGB.

The report caused problems for Alexi's career...

...the way Moses caused problems for the Pharaoh. Very unpleasant.

What happened?

About two years ago...

...after the assassination of lhukov...

...the report drew attention.

After that...

...everything was different.

Alexi hired men to change all the locks and put in more of them.

Locks on the windows. Iocks 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 Alexi's study for some time. and then...

...the young man left.