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30 Mar 2012

The self proclaimed “Internet Ninja Movie Database From Hell”

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 1

And who’s to argue with that claim, once you see the rather staggering array of foreign video packaging for ninja movies assembled on this French-language newsgroup. Wow… Well-collected mon freres!!!

VHS art
22 Mar 2012

African movie posters

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 5 - Art and Advertising | 0

Some of the ninja-centric paintings from Ghana ‘movie theaters’ that were on display at last year’s Movie Mojo shows at Chicago gallery Primitive:

Ghana movie posters
14 Mar 2012

Vintage Toei studio lot prop room pics!

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

I have a program from the 1981 Toei Studios version of Baian the Assassin that features a 2-page spread on the backlot prop room. The photos are frustratingly small, but I’ve done my best to blow them up for what … Continued

Toei
9 Mar 2012

Kick-ass pressbook stills of Sonny Chiba’s Jubei in MAKAI TENSHO

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 3

There are plenty of versions of Makai Tensho (aka Samurai Resurrection, Samurai Reincanation, and more), but my absolute fave adaptation is the 1981 Kinji Fukusaku-directed Kadowkawa effects epic. Spanning the decades and various actors, Jubei Yagyu has been portrayed as … Continued

Kadowkawa, Makai Tensho, Sonny Chiba
1 Mar 2012

Euro lobby cards for 9 DEATHS

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

European (and other French-language market) lobby cards for Sho Kosugi‘s 9 Deaths of the Ninja, known abroad as American Ninja (where American Ninja was known as American Warrior). The 1984-85 span was a trying one for the ninja craze. Sho … Continued

9 DEATHS OF THE NINJA, Sho Kosugi
21 Feb 2012

SUPER NINJAS press stills

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 2

The garish and gory Shaw Bros. shinobi slaughterhouse Five Element Ninjas (aka Chinese Super Ninjas or in this case just Super Ninjas) is a familiar to readers of this site – we spent a week on the film a while … Continued

Five Element Ninjas
9 Feb 2012

So where do YOU store your ninja wares?

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 6 - History and Martial Arts | 1

Y’know what’s awesome about publishing this site? Having readers that go by monikers like “The Silent Cutter.” Check out this video he sent of some mat cutting, but mostly be like me – JEALOUS AS FUCK – of the fantastic … Continued

Joseph Lai/IFD, Ninja: The Mission Force, Secret weapons caches
9 Feb 2012

PHANTOM AGENTS menko card sheet

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0
Phantom Agents
3 Feb 2012

ENTER THE NINJA press kit

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 4

Cannon’s 1981 press kit for Enter the Ninja featured newspaper-ready B&W ad mats and a 30-page document heralding, and I quote: …the first Western film to deal solely with the mysterious and elusive art of Ninjutsu. It will set the … Continued

Cannon Films, Enter the Ninja, Mike Stone, Sho Kosugi
1 Feb 2012

Re-enter ENTER THE NINJA

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

(REVISED) There’s almost 30 years spanning the two home video releases of the movie you see above. THREE DECADES! Just as we’re facing the death of DVD and brick-and-mortar video retail in general, we finally have Enter the Ninja commercially … Continued

Cannon Films, Enter the Ninja, Sho Kosugi

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