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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
29 Jan 2012

The Credits that Launched a Craze

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

Slammed as I’ve been, I just now got around to watching the MGM DVD-On-Demand of Enter the Ninja. Full review and some other ETN bonuses going up later this week, but in the meantime let’s just take a moment to … Continued

Cannon Films, Enter the Ninja, Mike Stone, Sho Kosugi
11 Dec 2011

The Good, the Bad and the Kosugi…

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

Been thinking about this. Spaghetti Westerns – films made by Italian directors, shot in Spain, released by studios in Rome and imported into the US. In the 60s they turned the tried and true American Western on its ass. Gone were … Continued

Cannon, Sho Kosugi
7 Dec 2011

International Clams!

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 1
VHS art
2 Dec 2011

RINGO a GO!!!

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

After a well-received debut at this year’s Tribecca, Eddie Mort’s Dead Ringo will see the light of day for what is currently planned as 13 three-minute webisodes TV interstitials. Details on who, where and when to follow, but in the meantime … Continued

DEAD RINGO

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