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SEVEN YEARS!
6 Jun 2016

SEVEN YEARS!

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 8 - News & Notes | 0

Another birthday for VN. Seven years ago today we published our first post, featuring press stills from Akai Kageboshi (The Red Shadow). It’s been a great ride so far, here’s to you all our readers and fans, and may we … Continued

AKAI KAGEBOSHI
Sweet 17!
27 May 2016

Sweet 17!

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

I’d like to wholeheartedly thank you all for NOT running up the auction price of the poster for Seventeen Ninja (Jushichinin no Ninja, 1963) recently listed on eBay from the excellent dealer Movie Poster Japan. It was very kind of you … Continued

Seventeen Ninja
“THE NINJA” vs. “THE NINJA: The Movie”
17 Apr 2016

“THE NINJA” vs. “THE NINJA: The Movie”

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 2 - Books and Manga | 0

20+ weeks on The New York Times‘ Best Seller list, millions of copies in print, five sequels and enduring publication on all modern electronic platforms… Eric Van Lustbader‘s vanguard novel The Ninja turns 36 years old this month. It was easily the … Continued

Eric Van Lustbader, John Carpenter, Nicholas Linnear, THE NINJA novel
Up close on some old SHINTARO cards
17 Mar 2016

Up close on some old SHINTARO cards

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 4 - Collectibles | 0

How many times, in a jealous fit of childish resentment, have I openly cursed all Australians on this site? Seriously, that continent probably hates me, but dammit, their head start on the ninja craze outside of Japan beat us by … Continued

Scanlens, Shintaro, The Samurai, Tonbei
More good Blu news for 2016!
10 Jan 2016

More good Blu news for 2016!

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

Well, it took 30 some odd years but we’re finally getting close to having all the classic Sho Kosugi fare well represented on home video. Arrow’s superb sounding release of Pray for Death hasn’t even shipped yet and they’ve already … Continued

RAGE OF HONOR, Scott Glenn, Sho Kosugi, THE CHALLENGE, Toshiro Mifune
THANKFUL…
24 Nov 2015

THANKFUL…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 7 - Ninja Miscelany | 0

Assessing life as one does at Thanksgiving, here’s a pile of random ninja-related stuff I’m thankful for: That I’ve been able to turn so many people on to CASTLE OF OWLS via this site. Mexican lobby cards of Hong Kong … Continued

PRAY FOR DEATH coming to Blu!
8 Nov 2015

PRAY FOR DEATH coming to Blu!

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

Restoration label Arrow Films continues to put out Criterion-level releases of films that are decidedly not in the Criterion oeuvre — Spaghetti Westerns, Japanese delinquent gang flicks, gory Giallo and slasher fare, and yes — now they’re going FULL 80s NINJA! … Continued

Pray for Death, Sho Kosugi
The best VN Halloween/monster features in one easy list!
25 Oct 2015

The best VN Halloween/monster features in one easy list!

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

One wouldn’t normally think of a site like this for creepy and monster-y Halloween content, but man over the years we have BROUGHT IT! Here’s a one-stop-shopping list of Vintage Ninja‘s finest “Monsters and Masks” features: The Demon of Mt. … Continued

Monster vs. Ninja Month, Monsters and Masks 2009, Monsters and Masks 2010, Monsters and Masks 2011
The utter dilemma of GYMKATA
3 Oct 2015

The utter dilemma of GYMKATA

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

If you’re like me, and let’s face it, most of you reading this site are, then you own WAY too many martial arts movies — from old clamshell VHS you rescued from liquidating video stores, to increasingly collectible DVDs from … Continued

GYMKATA, Tadashi Yamashita
Reading in progress…
31 Aug 2015

Reading in progress…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 2 - Books and Manga | 0

Yeah… THAT Ninja novel, and yeah… THAT John Carpenter! Coming later this year, big feature about this craze-kindling novel, the differences between it and the scripts, its time in big studio ‘development hell’ and what could have been (warts and … Continued

Eric Van Lustbader, John Carpenter, THE NINJA novel

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