More pretty B&W shinobi action today, courtesy of Toshikazu Kouno‘s 1964 Toei actioner Daisan no Ninja (The Third Ninja). Brief synopsis (anything longer would be spoiler-heavy): Two competing ninja, one an obedient servant, the other an upstart looking for a … Continued
Falling behind where I wanted to be with various B&W Japanese film posts, but GREAT stuff to come! Here’s a preview of the post-a-day topic for next week in the meantime: And yes, there will be more various stuff this … Continued
Last time we set things up for the Yagyu’s apocalyptic assault on a impregnable fortress. Yagyu Bugeicho: Katame no Ninja is an all too rare shinobi WAR movie. Unleash the dogs… Not exactly your feel-good action-comedy buddy pic here… Katame … Continued
Spent a lot of time on American and Chinese posters and packaging lately, so let’s take things back to where it really all starts with this site – 60’s Japanese films. This will be the first of several posts on … Continued
More great Eddie Mort artwork up on the FWAK! blog from the in-development animated series Dead Ringo:
We started the week with the high-end of the 80’s craze, let’s wrap it up on the low end… There are some great scans of not-so-great posters from REALLY not great in the least movies over at Wrong Side of the … Continued
Nifty post by Andrew Case over at Dreams of the Red King. A 1989 issue of Nintendo Power magazine — LAME ninja on cover, nice art for interior spreads. OK people, answer me this: why are so many painted and … Continued
I’m not a video game guy in the least, but man do I love the elevated place lady ninja have in that realm. If only movies followed suit more often… Taki is a twin short-sword wielding kunoichi from Soul Calibur, … Continued
In the 80’s, Sho Kosugi posed for over 73 billion photos in full night gear, laden with weapons, in magazines like Black Belt, Ninja, even Karate Illustrated and Inside Kung Fu. Yet when it comes to movie and video game ad … Continued
Let’s look at some quirky foreign movie posters, testament to the global nature of the 80’s craze. Coming in the next day or so, more weird movie posters, this time featuring illustrations and paintings of Sho Kosugi (regardless of wether … Continued