Synopsis  

Based on a graphic novel from Grevioux's Darkstorm Comics & Media company, Shurika is a story about a biracial Black/Japanese woman who was hidden from her Yakuza grandfather by her mother after he had her African-American husband killed because of their taboo relationship. Years later, while trying to find her birth mother, she finds herself caught in a conflict between the ninja clan who raised her and the Japanese underworld.

Written by and will be directed by Kevin Grevioux (Underworld, I Frankenstein, King of Killers, now in release via Lion’s Gate)

Produced by Moshe Diamant, whose many credits include The Protege, starring Michael Keaton, Maggie Q and Samuel L. Jackson, Memory, starring Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce and Taj Atwal, Feardotcom, Rob Cohen’s The Hurricane, with Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace and Ryan Kwanten, Brian De Palma’s The Black Dahlia, and the Time Cop franchise.

Reiko Bradley is executive producing the film which is set to be shot in Tokyo and Bangkok later this year.