Which director is Japanese, Tony Scott or Takashi Shimizu?
Takashi Shimizu Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇 "Shimizu Takashi", born 27 July 1972) is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the Japanese "Ju-on" series and American "The Grudge" franchise. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Shimizu is "one of a new breed of Japanese horror directors" who prefers to "suggest menace and violence rather than directly depict it."
Ninja (film) Ninja is a 2009 American martial arts/action thriller film directed by Isaac Florentine and starring Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara and Mika Hijii. The film's plot revolves around an American martial artist named Casey Bowman, who is asked by his sensei to travel to New York City and protect the "Yoroi Bitsu", an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last "Kōga" ninja.