RINGO a GO!!!
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
NINJA WARRIORS Yugoslavian stills
I’m going to lose my favored nation status over at Golden Ninja Warrior Chronicles by admitting this, but I have never seen the Hong Kong [see UPDATE below] ninja-sploitation flick the Yugoslavians called Ninja Ratnici. Mmm… more nasty quality press stills from … Continued
Monsters and martial mummies in MAJIN HUNTER MITSURUGI
An oddity among the tokusatsu status quo is the 1973 12-episode series Majin Hunter Mitsurugi, mainly for its use of stop-motion animation instead of stuntmen in rubber suits. It has its other quirks too, though, such as the heroes: Sure, … Continued
NINJA III: THE DOMINATION Euro stills
These stills from a Turkish/Yugoslav/Romanian market press kit are pretty low in quality, but some are variants from the usual lot seen in American kits. People don’t give Ninja III: The Domination enough credit. It’s a smart as hell release, … Continued
Feudal Phibes?
Found this crazy image on tumblr and was immediately struck by similarities to one of my favorite pieces of movie marketing ever: This publicity still from The Abominable Dr. Phibes – and if you’ve never seen this 1971 Vincent Price … Continued
NINJA WARS press book
It was one of the few Japanese ninja movies that actually made it to U.S. shores in the 80s, and what a weird choice. Full of fantasy special effects, bizarre super powered evil monks, sadism and rape and decapitated girls … Continued
KAMUI anime designs
From the art book companion to the 1969 animated Kamui theatrical compilation film and 26 episode TV series. Some great designs here by Shuichi Seki, faithful to the Shirato Sanpei manga originals but with that rough, sketchy look popular in … Continued
Yugoslavian ENTER THE NINJA pub pics
These are from a set of POORLY repro’d press/publicity photos from Enter the Ninja‘s Yugoslavian theatrical release. Wonder if that amazing Kosugi credit sequence had the same craze-launching lighting bolt effect on European audiences that it did for us?
Kumiko Aso in RED SHADOW
2001s Red Shadow (aka Akakage) is the sort of remake/adaptation that watches fine if you are TOTALLY unfamiliar with the source property. That way, you’re not aware of the squandered opportunity for a modern digital-age superhero ninja vs. monster romp. … Continued