RONIN Subtitled VHS Video Robert De Niro Five former spies, laid off by intelligence agencies around the world, are brought together in Paris. With their employer and objective remaining a mystery, their job is to steal a silver case from a target at a hotel in Nice. The men, facing unexpected attacks during the procurement of weapons and other accidents, somehow manage to make their way to Nice. "RONIN" is a 1998 American film. The title is taken from the Japanese word "rōnin," and likens the film's characters to the Eastern and Western spies and special operatives who lost their purpose with the end of the Cold War. Directed by: John Frankenheimer Screenplay by: J.D. Zeik David Mamet Original Story by: J.D. Zeik Produced by: Frank Mancuso Jr. Executive Produced by: Paul Kelmenson Starring: Robert De Niro Jean Reno Natascha McElhone Stellan Skarsgård Sean Bean Jonathan Pryce Music by: Elia Cmiral Cinematography by: Robert Fraisse Edited by: Tony Gibbs Production Companies: United Artists FGM Entertainment Distributed by: United States: MGM Distribution Co. Japan: UIP Release Dates: United States: September 25, 1998 Japan: May 29, 1999 Running Time: 121 minutes