Caine
The blind High Table assassin forced to hunt his old friend John Wick to protect his daughter.
Caine, played by Donnie Yen, is a blind, retired High Table assassin and an old friend of John Wick, introduced in John Wick: Chapter 4. The Marquis Vincent Bisset de Gramont forces him out of retirement to kill John by threatening to murder his daughter. He is the subject of an upcoming spin-off film, Caine, directed by Donnie Yen, in which he navigates his release from the High Table.
Quick Facts
- First appearance
- John Wick: Chapter 4
Lore & Background
Caine arrives at the Osaka Continental with the Marquis' second-in-command, Chidi, fights John, and reluctantly kills their mutual friend Shimazu Koji, but spares Koji's daughter Akira. He later helps John in Berlin and on the Rue Foyatier in Paris, and the Marquis chooses him as his proxy for the duel at Sacré-Cœur, where he and John wound each other until Caine seriously wounds John. After John kills the Marquis, the Harbinger grants Caine and his daughter their freedom from the High Table.
Reader's Guide
In the final scene before the credits, Caine returns to Paris to reunite with his daughter Mia, a violinist, but is approached by a vengeful, knife-wielding Akira. Rina Sawayama reprises her role as Akira in the spin-off film Caine.
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