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* DramaPreservingHandicap: [[spoiler: Just as Kinjo manages to fatally wound Ijuro during the FinalBattle, the latter manages to impale him in the leg, which would have serious repercussions for the ninja clan leader just as the now fully recovered Racine arrives to fight him.]]
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* ConservationOfNinjitsu: Played straight. The more ninjas there are sent to attack Racine, the more they tend to slip up when faced with opposition that can actually fight them equally.
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** Ijuro himself, as Mieko states, "will not lose" even in the face of being outnumbered and injured.
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* SafetyInMuggles: Racine uses this method to escape the Makato pursuing him the first time. This later forces the next group of assassins to LeaveNoWitnesses when they attack the train he and the Takedas are on.
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* BavarianFireDrill: One of the specialties of the Makato clan. They can easily blend in and pose as janitors or staff onboard a train until they're close to their target.
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* LeaveNoWitnesses: The Makato eventually resort to this during their attack on the train. Kinjo himself makes it his MO that no one should ever witness his face, which unfortunately Racine sees briefly during the start.
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* RockBeatsLaser: The ninjas manage to wipe out police officers armed with handguns and submachine-guns during the hospital attack.
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* RockBeatsLaser: The ninjas ninjas, armed with swords, shurikens, and bows and arrows, manage to wipe out police officers armed with handguns and submachine-guns during the hospital attack.
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* RockBeatsLaser: The ninjas manage to wipe out police officers armed with handguns and submachine-guns during the hospital attack.
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* EvilIsPetty: Not Kinjo nor the Makato clan, but instead [[spoiler: Nemura, the Yakuza boss who ordered Kirina killed just because she left him after years of servitude.]]
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** Most of the Takeda clan as well, once the Makato attack their island stronghold.
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** Most of the Takeda clan as well, once the Makato attack their island stronghold.
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* InfantImmortality: Played straight. The little girl who helps Racine escape the casino in Nagoya manages to escape with her life, after he pays the taxi driver to bring her home safely, thus preventing her from getting involved with the Makato ninjas further.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Kinjo and Ijuro, who are the leaders of their respective clans, and are more than capable of holding their own against the RedShirts and {{mooks}} that they throw at one another late in the film.
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* JustTrainWrong: At Nagoya Station, the Shinkansen that Racine and the Takedas board is shown to be Series 100 train. However, during the middle of the train attack, the model suddely changes to the newer Series 300, before changing a third time into a Series 0 train upon arriving at Nara station.
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* JustTrainWrong: At Nagoya Station, the Shinkansen that Racine and the Takedas board is shown to be Series 100 train. However, during the middle of the train attack, the model suddely changes to the newer Series 300, before changing a third time into a an older Series 0 train upon arriving at Nara station.
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* AffablyEvil: Kinjo, at least until his VillainousBreakdown towards the end of the film. While the leader of a ruthless ninja clan, he is polite to Kirina just as he's about to kill her. He even honors her LastRequest to see his face.
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* AffablyEvil: Kinjo, at least until his VillainousBreakdown towards the end of the film.Kinjo. While the leader of a ruthless ninja clan, he is polite to Kirina just as he's about to kill her. He even honors her LastRequest to see his face.
* CharacterDevelopment: While initially clueless and fearing for his life, Racine, through training from the Takeda clan, eventually becomes confident and competent enough to know how to at least defend himself from attack. When he encounters Kinjo late in the film, he manages to fight toe-to-toe with the Ninja clan leader.
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* {{Cult}}: The Makato clan is said to kidnap children from neighboring villages, and train them to become assassins from a very young age.
* {{Determinator}}: The Makato clan members will never, ever, stop pursuing Racine until he is dead, or they die trying.
* {{Determinator}}: The Makato clan members will never, ever, stop pursuing Racine until he is dead, or they die trying.
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* AudienceSurrogate: Racine, as he, like the audience, are mere witness to a centuries-long feud between a Samurai and Ninja clan, and have zero background on the events surrounding it.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Kinjo is utterly disgusted [[spoiler: by the petty reasons that the Yakuza boss who hired him had for wanting Kirina killed.]]
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* NoHolesBarredBeatdown: After destroying the ninja leader's prized sword, Racine fights and beats up Kinjo in hand-to-hand combat.
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* NoHolesBarredBeatdown: NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: After destroying the ninja leader's prized sword, Racine fights and beats up Kinjo in hand-to-hand combat.
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* TheDragon: Junko to Kinjo, who also happens to be his lover.
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* NoHolesBarredBeatdown: After destroying the ninja leader's prized sword, Racine fights and beats up Kinjo in hand-to-hand combat.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After the train attack leaves his second-in-command, and lover, dead, Kinjo becomes even more motivated to kill Racine and the Takeda clan.
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** Most of the Takeda clan as well, once the Makato attack their island stronghold.
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* NonActionGuy: Racine starts out as one.
* RedShirtArmy: The Japanese police, who all go down like punks to the Makato during the hospital attack.
* RedShirtArmy: The Japanese police, who all go down like punks to the Makato during the hospital attack.
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* {{Yakuza}}: [[spoiler: The ones who paid Kinjo to kill Kirina in the first place.]]
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* {{Yakuza}}: [[spoiler: The ones who paid Kinjo to kill Kirina in the first place.]]]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: Kinjo kills two of his {{mooks}} who failed to kill Racine following their execution of Kirina.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Kinjo kills two of his {{mooks}} who failed to kill Racine following their execution of Kirina.
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* {{Samurai}}: The Takeda clan.
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* {{Samurai}}: The Takeda clan.clan.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Played with.The Japanese police think that the assassination on Kirina was by a {{Yakuza}} syndicate, not by a group of ninjas. [[spoiler: Which isn't entirely wrong, as it was a Yakuza boss who paid Kinjo to kill her in the first place.]]
* {{Yakuza}}: [[spoiler: The ones who paid Kinjo to kill Kirina in the first place.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Played with.The Japanese police think that the assassination on Kirina was by a {{Yakuza}} syndicate, not by a group of ninjas. [[spoiler: Which isn't entirely wrong, as it was a Yakuza boss who paid Kinjo to kill her in the first place.]]
* {{Yakuza}}: [[spoiler: The ones who paid Kinjo to kill Kirina in the first place.]]
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* HonorBeforeReason: Ijuro throws away Racine's gun just as the latter is about to shoot one of the ninjas targeting Mieko, preferring to fight them fair and square.
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Not to be confused with the 2003 [[Film/TheHunted film of the same name]].
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* {{Ninja}}: The Makato clan, who are trained to be these since childhood.
* {{Samurai}}: The Takeda clan.
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* AxCrazy: The Makato clan ninjas, after Racine gets away from them by escaping in a casino full of innocent bystanders, decide to slaughter everyone aboard a train, in order to ensure that Racine is killed.
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* AxCrazy: The Makato clan ninjas, after Racine gets away from have no problems with killing anyone who stand in their way.
* BigBad: Kinjo, leader of the Makato ninja clan.
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* BigBad: Kinjo, leader of the Makato ninja clan.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Creator/JoanChen receives third billing and is featured on several of the movie's posters. However, only 10 or so minutes into the film, she's beheaded by Kinjo.
* AffablyEvil: Kinjo, at least until hisVillanousBreakdown VillainousBreakdown towards the end of the film. While the leader of a ruthless ninja clan, he is polite to Kirina just as he's about to kill her. He even honors her LastRequest to see his face.
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''The Hunted'' is a 1995 martial-arts thriller film written and directed by J.F. Lawton in his mainsteam directorial debut. It stars Creator/ChristopherLambert as Paul Racine, an American business travelling in Nagoya who accidentally stumbles upon a {{Ninja}} {{Cult}}, and becomes part of their hit list following him witnessing their leader's face during the assassination of a woman that Racine met the previous night (played by Creator/JoanChen).
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''The Hunted'' is a 1995 martial-arts thriller film written and directed by J.F. Lawton in his mainsteam directorial debut. It stars Creator/ChristopherLambert as Paul Racine, an American business travelling in Nagoya who accidentally stumbles upon a {{Ninja}} {{Cult}}, and becomes part of their hit list following him witnessing theirleader's leader Kinjo's face during the assassination of a woman that Racine met the previous night (played by Creator/JoanChen).Creator/JoanChen).
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* AffablyEvil: Kinjo, at least until his VillanousBreakdown towards the end of the film. While the leader of a ruthless ninja clan, he is polite to Kirina just as he's about to kill her. He even honors her LastRequest to see his face.
* AxCrazy: The ninjas, after Racine gets away by escaping in a casino full of innocent bystanders, decide to slaughter anyone who get in their way while on board a train.
''The Hunted'' is a 1995 martial-arts thriller film written and directed by J.F. Lawton in his mainsteam directorial debut. It stars Creator/ChristopherLambert as Paul Racine, an American business travelling in Nagoya who accidentally stumbles upon a {{Ninja}} {{Cult}}, and becomes part of their hit list following him witnessing their
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* AffablyEvil: Kinjo, at least until his VillanousBreakdown towards the end of the film. While the leader of a ruthless ninja clan, he is polite to Kirina just as he's about to kill her. He even honors her LastRequest to see his face.
* AxCrazy: The ninjas, after Racine gets away by escaping in a casino full of innocent bystanders, decide to slaughter anyone who get in their way while on board a train.
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''The Hunted'' is a 1995 martial-arts thriller film written and directed by J.F. Lawton in his mainsteam directorial debut. It stars Creator/ChristopherLamber as an American business travelling in Nagoya who accidentally stumbles upon a {{Ninja}} {{Cult}}, and becomes part of their hit list following him witnessing their leader's face during an assassination.
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''The Hunted'' is a 1995 martial-arts thriller film written and directed by J.F. Lawton in his mainsteam directorial debut. It stars Creator/ChristopherLamber Creator/ChristopherLambert as Paul Racine, an American business travelling in Nagoya who accidentally stumbles upon a {{Ninja}} {{Cult}}, and becomes part of their hit list following him witnessing their leader's face during an assassination.the assassination of a woman that Racine met the previous night (played by Creator/JoanChen).
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''The Hunted'' is a 1995 martial-arts thriller film written and directed by J.F. Lawton in his mainsteam directorial debut. It stars Creator/ChristopherLamber as an American business travelling in Nagoya who accidentally stumbles upon a {{Ninja}} {{Cult}}, and becomes part of their hit list following him witnessing their leader's face during an assassination.
