The Hunted (1995 film)


The Hunted is a 1995 film written and directed by J. F. Lawton, starring Christopher Lambert, John Lone, and Joan Chen. The score features music by the Japanese taiko troupe Kod.

Soon after he leaves her suite, however, she is approached by Kinjo John Lone and two other men dressed as ninja. Kirina shows no fear and explains that she has accepted her fate. Kinjo, the leader of a cult of ninja assassins, is impressed by the womans courage and grants her final wish by showing her his face. Paul, who had left with the wrong room key, returns and, upon seeing the situation, hides in the foyer while calling the police. When Kinjo decapitates Kirina after telling her that shes the first person outside of the cult ever to see his face, Paul first tries to come to her defensealerting the three ninjas to his presenceand then tries to flee. Enraged that someone else has seen his face, Kinjos men stab Paul, hit him with a poisoned shuriken, and slash his throat, leaving him for dead.Paul awakes in a hospital room, where he is told that the wound will heal, but his claims of seeing Kinjo are met with disbelief by the police. Lieutenant Wadakura Masumi Okada dismisses the allegation and suspects that the murder is the work of a Yakuza syndicate. While recuperating, Paul is soon approached by a man named Ijuro Takeda Yoshio Harada, who is an expert on the cult, and Kinjo in particular. Paul later discovers that Takeda is the last in a long line of samurai and has his own score to settle with Kinjo. The ninja then attempt to murder Paul at the hospital, killing several hospital staff and police officers in the process, including Wadakura, Paul barely escaping. Takeda and his wife Mieko Yoko Shimada subsequently decide to take Paul to their familys stronghold, located on an island several hundred miles away. In leaving the city, however, Takeda uses Paul as bait to draw Kinjo out. This leads to a battle on a bullet train in which several passenger cars worth of innocent people are slaughtered by the ninja. Takeda and Mieko defeat the attackers, only to learn that Kinjo was not among them. The ninja leading the attack was Junko, Kinjos lover, giving the nin

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