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MIKE STONE: ‘THE FIRST NINJA’
10 Jun 2021

MIKE STONE: ‘THE FIRST NINJA’

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

“Aloha friends, another beautiful day in paradise.” It’s how Mike Stone begins every post on Facebook from his home in the Philippines, where he’s currently working with a writer on an extensive biography of his storied life and career(s). He’s … Continued

AMERICAN NINJA, Cannon Films, Enter the Ninja, Franco Nero, Mike Stone, Sho Kosugi, Tadashi Yamashita
THE LAST NINJA is the last piece of the puzzle…
22 Jan 2018

THE LAST NINJA is the last piece of the puzzle…

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

What’s part Die Hard, part Kung-Fu, part Batman and obscure as hell for no logical reason? It is the 1983 made-for-TV predecessor to The Master, arguably one of if not the best 80’s American ninja craze films made, but virtually un-recognized, … Continued

Anthony Spinner, Ed Spielman, Mike Stone, The Last Ninja, The Master
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
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

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