Reno has starred in such high-profile American films as French Kiss ( 1995 ) with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline, Mission: Impossible ( 1996 ) with Tom Cruise, Ronin ( 1998 ) with Robert De Niro, and Godzilla ( 1998 ).

Action films of this subgenre include Casino Royale, the Mission: Impossible franchise, Ronin, True Lies, Salt, From Paris with Love, The International, Patriot Games, xXx, Colombiana and the The Bourne series.

Using money from a tax refund together with a loan from Eastman's uncle, the young artists self-published a single-issue comic intended to parody four of the most popular comics of the early 1980s: Marvel Comics ' Daredevil and New Mutants, Dave Sim's Cerebus, and Frank Miller's Ronin.

In the video game Saints Row 2, the Ronin were a " Yakuza "- style with traits from the Bōsōzoku with the belief in maintaining honor and tradition.

Aronofsky, who collaborated with Frank Miller on an unproduced script for Ronin, brought Miller to co-write Year One with him, intending to reboot the series.

* It has been argued by some that since the 47 Ronin knowingly violated the law of the Bakufu when they attacked Kira's mansion, it was absurd for the samurai to notify the authorities on completion of their crime with the message that they were now awaiting their orders rather than immediately committing seppuku.

The Hollywood film 47 Ronin is currently under production by Universal Pictures and will star Keanu Reeves as an outcast who joins the samurai in their quest to avenge their slain master along with some of the biggest Japanese actors such as Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Kô Shibasaki, Rinko Kikuchi, and Jin Akanishi.

* The Trouble with Terasaka: The Forty-Seventh Ronin and the Chushingura Imagination by Henry D. Smith II, Japan Review, 2004, 16: 3-65

Not to be confused with Green Ronin Publishing, another popular producer of RPG supplements.

Warren Banks and Toren Atkinson also co-wrote ( along with contributions by John Tynes and Monte Cook ) the roleplaying game Spaceship Zero, published by Green Ronin Publishing.

** " Ronin Breed " ( with Simon Fraser, in Judge Dredd Megazine # 3. 34, 1997 )

After revealing that he knew that Ronin was Moon Knight, Kingpin had him beaten nearly to death, and let Spider-Man leave with the knowledge that one of the Knights was a traitor.

The planned American McGee's Oz, which was to be produced in conjunction with Ronin Games, was canceled over financial difficulties at Atari.

In the 1995 film GoldenEye he was James Bond's nemesis, Alec Trevelyan ( MI6's 006 ); he played the weak-stomached Spence ( with Robert De Niro ) in Ronin ( 1998 ); a wife-beating ex-con in Essex Boys ( 2000 ); the malevolent kidnapper-jewel thief in Don't Say a Word ( 2001 ).

* The 1998 action film Ronin features a car chase where a Mercedes 6. 9 is driven by the protagonists who perform high-speed driving through mountain roads and inside a French town, all with dramatic stunts ( drifting, J-turns, etc.

* 5 Ronin # 1-5 ( with Tomm Coker, Dalibor Talajic, Laurence Campbell, Goran Parlov and Leandro Fernandez, 2011 ) collected as 5 Ronin ( hc, 136 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5632-1 ; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5101-X )

**** " Ronin " ( with David Finch, in # 11-13, 2005-2006 )

The second project was with Ronin System, which resulted in the single, " Expectations " in 1999.

1996 saw the release of his collaborations with Skitz (" Where My Mind Is At "/" Blessed Be The Manner ") on 23 Skidoo's Ronin label.

Under this program, other publishers may request permission from Green Ronin to publish their own material ( such as adventure modules, character books, and new power books ) incorporating " product identity " text from Green Ronin's published works.

Hariel's origins are also considered to be a request by the toy companies that made the Ronin Warrior action figures so consumers would not be confused by two versions of Ryo dressed in the Wildfire armor and the Inferno armor.

The ghost called Ronin manipulates Beverly's mind so that she falls in love with him.

1 Hardcover collection that his original intention was to make Matt Murdock the true identity of Ronin, but could not do so due to a conflict with the plans for the character in the Daredevil comic book title.

The five playable factions are: Iron Guard, a team of human mercenaries led by former Tournament champion Malcolm ; the Ronin, a band of four survivors of a Skaarj attack on a human colony ; Liandri, a series of advanced humanoid robots custom-built or retrofitted for combat ; the Krall, a warlike race of aliens formerly under the leadership of the Skaarj, returning from their initial appearance in the original Unreal ; and the Necris, warriors who have undergone the process of the same name, making them stronger at the expense of replacing their biological processes with " Nanoblack ", effectively turning them into undead soldiers ( hence the name, Necris ).

However, after the match Aries feigned passing the torch to Chuck Taylor, Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann, the trio known collectively as Ronin, before turning on them and joining the promotion's top heel group, Blood Warriors, claiming to have found his purpose under the leadership of CIMA.

Luke Cage, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Doctor Strange, Spider-Woman, Iron Fist, and the new Ronin rescue her and escape, leaving a furious Elektra to send the Hand after them.

Foster's other design work has included the Nomos desk system for Italian manufacturer Tecno, and the motor yacht Izanami ( later Ronin ) for Lürssen Yachts.

Mitford invited his readers to construe his story of the Forty-seven Ronin as historically accurate ; and while his version of the tale has long been considered a standard work, some of its precise details are now questioned.

Ronin and out of work bushi caused many problems in Wa since the Shogun's administrative reforms reduced the numbers of the nobility and soldiery to more reasonable levels.

Jarier introduced himself to a new generation by contributing major stunt work to the film Ronin, directed by John Frankenheimer who also directed the 1966 classic, Grand Prix.

* Laughing Gas: Nitrous Oxide, with Michael Sheldin and Saunie Salyer Ronin Publishing ( 1993 reprint of earlier work )

" Gatevackes compared All Star Batman and Robin unfavorably to Miller's previous work, saying: " One is puzzled as to what happened to the Frank Miller who gained his fame on Daredevil, Ronin, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.

Besides his work for television, he is best known for his screenplays for Hotaru ( 2001 ) and Shijushichinin no shikaku, Kon Ichikawa's 1994 version of the Forty-seven Ronin story.

Berkeley: Ronin, 2004.

* 1703 – In Edo ( now Tokyo ), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku ( ritual suicide ) as recompense for avenging their master's death.

In the alternate reality of X-Men: Ronin Iceman is a murderous ninja in the employ of the Hellfire Club.

* 1703 – The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.

However, his next film, 1998's Ronin, starring Robert De Niro, was a return to form, featuring Frankenheimer's now trademark elaborate car chases woven into a labyrinthine espionage plot.

* Ro, Ronin, “ Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-DMC and Jam Master Jay ,” Amistad, 2005.

In the alternate reality of X-Men: Ronin, the story is played out in Japan.

The Hawkeye from the ship is killed by Ronin and regresses to a Skrull.

In Japan, a color version remake of director Kenji Mizoguchi's The 47 Ronin, entitled Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki directed by Hiroshi Inagaki was released in 1962, the legendary story was also remade as a television series in Japan.

* 1702: Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.

In Japanese cinema The 47 Ronin is a 1941 black and white two-part Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

* January 30 ( December 14 of previous year in the Chinese calendar ) – In Japan, the revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin occurs, assassinating Daimyo Kira Yoshinaka, the enemy of their former lord Asano Naganori, at his own mansion as a vengeance.

Working in French, English, Japanese, Spanish and Italian, he has appeared in numerous successful films such as Crimson Rivers, Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible, Ronin, and Léon: The Professional.

In superhero role-playing games, such as Hero Games ' Champions, Green Ronin Publishing's Mutants and Masterminds, Cryptic Studios ' MMORPG City of Heroes and Champions Online, superheroes are formally organized into categories or archetypes based on their skills and abilities.

European action actors such as Belgian-born Jean-Claude Van Damme ( Bloodsport, Hard Target, Timecop ), Moroccan-born Jean Reno ( Ronin ), Swedish-born Dolph Lundgren ( Showdown in Little Tokyo, Universal Soldier, The Expendables ) and English-born Jason Statham ( The Transporter, The Expendables, Crank ), appeared in a number of 1990s and 2000s-era action films.

A supplement book about the drow was produced by Green Ronin Publishing called Plot & Poison: A Guidebook to the Drow in 2002 and is based on the d20 System.

Hereford is briefly mentioned, though mispronounced, in Ronin as a ploy by Sam ( Robert De Niro ) to expose Spence ( Sean Bean ) as a liar.

Frank Miller ( born January 27, 1957 ) is an American writer, artist, and film director best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories and graphic novels Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300.

During the rest of the decade Pryce would play to his new acquired fame as a villain, portraying an assassin in Ronin, a corrupt Cardinal in the controversial Stigmata and, for Comic Relief, the Master in the Doctor Who special, Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death.

In the video game Way of the Samurai the main character Kenji is a Ronin who wanders the village of Rokkotsu Pass, creating his own destiny.

The 1998 film Ronin portrays former Special Forces and intelligence operatives who find themselves unemployed at the end of the Cold War.