i've been trying for so long to find this game or anything that resembles it, but no luck so far here's what i remember:
- i would have played it around 12-13 years ago, but i don't have any other dates (besides that it was a ps3 game) - i'm in the US - i distinctly remember it being made by or at least showing the 4j studios logo (or possibly mojang? but more likely 4j) when you start the game. i googled all the games they've made and couldn't find anything though... but that's exactly how i remembered it
as for the game itself:
- asian main character/location, i believe it was a male that wore a bamboo hat? i don't think you could see the face - i think it also had to do with ninjas or being a ninja - the only things i can remember about the world was being outside and there being a river with a bridge on it (tbh i was a kid so i wouldn't have gotten far into the game) - it was definitely a 3d game, not 2d
I think it might be Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma, that game got trashed in reviews and got pulled from sale after only a few weeks resulting in planned DLC not coming out.
If you've actually got a copy of that game that's pretty cool, always wanted to try it for myself but it got pulled before I even knew of it's existence.
U know this is a huge stretch, but Sly Cooper thieves in time had like a ninja or samurai segment in the game, but I highly doubt it's what you're looking after, since it wasn't even made by the company you're mentioning