Last week a horror movie label called Scream Factory released Ninja III: The Domination on Bluray and DVD. Just going to let that statement slow burn for a second… Not a label with a large martial arts back catalog, not … Continued
I just adore this article by my pal Maria Alexander — “Why I Hate (Most) Photos and Drawings of Women with Swords.” Read it. RIGHT NOW. I’ll wait. There are dozens of tumblrs out there dedicated to babes-n-blades, and they … Continued
Every year we celebrate the site’s birthday by reposting the very first thing we ever did — a look at vintage press still from Akai Kageboshi. AKAI KAGEBOSHI – the other ‘red shadow’ (originally published June 7, 2009) Can a … Continued
[Sing that title like an old blues number] Back in the craze daze, we were all victims of “Shinobified” movie titles — kung-fu flicks, often from the 70’s, with no ninja content whatsoever shamelessly retitled to the likes of Fist of Ninja, Dragon … Continued
What do you do with a half-dozen mail-order ninja suits, some black eye-liner, a few friends willing to tumble around a public park like idiots and a heap of public domain films? Well, in the 80s if you were Godfrey … Continued
I reposted this fantastic publicity still of Maki Fuyukichi as Tonbei the Mist from Greg Newman over at the Facebook “The Samurai” Group. Got a lot of attention, so I thought this would be a good time to revisit a … Continued
This amazingness from the mobile “cinemas” of Ghana, Africa is on eBay right now, for a steal, too! Plenty more goodness here, as well!
(originally published June 2010) Meiko Kaiji in ninja gear? Swoon! Found these caps years ago in a sadly defunct blog (German if memory serves?), but they also floated around various newsboards for a while. The Female Convict Scorpion and … Continued
(originally published July 2010) There may not be a more beautifully shot ninja film than the 1964 artistic gem Kaze no Bushi (aka “Warrior of the Wind”). The set-bound cinematography is great, the use of natural light in the lush … Continued
Not a problem. Last post was specific to the Kosugi doubling images, but here’s the remainder of the French lobby pics from Enter the Ninja. Don’t know about you cats, but I was totally in love with Susan ‘Dirty Mary’ … Continued