Maps of Movies

Ninja Assassin (2009)

Where Ninja Assassin says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The clan's Japanese orphanage and ninja village were sets built in Germany, and the Berlin rooftop is a real city

Scenes and places

The orphanage wall on a rainy night (2009)

Raizo is raised in brutal training as the heir to Lord Ozunu, and Kiriko is the only kindness he knows. One rainy night Kiriko climbs the wall to escape and asks him to follow; he stays, and the choice marks him for life.

Set in Ozunu Clan training orphanage — The clan's Japanese-style training compound where Raizo grows up; its exact location is not named in the film.

Filmed at Studio Babelsberg orphanage set — The studio's art department built a Japanese orphanage set for the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The first assassination (2009)

Years later, Lord Ozunu sends the adult Raizo to kill a group of gangsters. The clan's rule is that no witness near a target is left alive.

Set in Gangster hideout (city not named) — The place of Raizo's first assassination is not named in the plot.

The Berlin skyscraper rooftop (2009)

Ordered to execute a kunoichi traitor, Raizo remembers Kiriko's death and turns on Lord Ozunu instead. He fights his fellow ninjas, barely survives, and falls from the rooftop into a river.

Set in Rooftop of a Berlin skyscraper — The clan gathers atop a city skyscraper in Berlin; which building is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Berlin (city-level) — The studio says the film was shot mainly on location in Berlin; the exact building is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Europol safe house (2009)

Raizo is arrested by Maslow and held for interrogation. Ozunu ninjas infiltrate the safe house to kill him and everyone inside, and Mika frees Raizo so they can escape.

Set in Europol safe house — The Europol safe house where Raizo is held; location not named.

The motel (2009)

Mika takes the badly wounded Raizo to a motel and implants the tracking device in him while the ninjas stay in pursuit. She hides outside and waits for Special Forces, but the ninjas get to Raizo first.

Set in Motel hideout — The motel where Mika hides the wounded Raizo; location not named.

The mountain retreat under flares (2009)

Europol forces led by Maslow follow the tracking device and storm the retreat, lighting the night sky with flares so they can fight the ninjas on equal terms. In the confusion Mika frees Raizo, and he turns to face the clan.

Set in Ozunu mountain retreat — The secluded Ozunu temple-and-village retreat in the mountains; no real-world site is named.

Filmed at Studio Babelsberg backlot sets — The studio built a ninja village and a temple complex on its backlots, where action sequences were shot. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Characters

• Raizo — An orphan raised by the Ozunu Clan who turns against his master.
• Mika Coretti — A Europol agent who investigates money-linked political murders and finds the Ozunu.
• Kiriko — A young kunoichi who bonds with Raizo and tries to leave the clan.