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Ninja III: The Domination

A Japanese Take on America’s Ninja Boom
27 Dec 2024

A Japanese Take on America’s Ninja Boom

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

Around 15 years ago I scored some souvenir movie programs and marketing flyers from Japan, mostly to get ahold of a Ninja III: The Domination piece. While it didn’t present any sort of new imagery or info, I was fascinated … Continued

AMERICAN NINJA, Cannon Films, Ninja III: The Domination, Ninja Mission, Sho Kosugi, Yasu Kurata
22 Jun 2013

Revenge of THE DOMINATION

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

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

Canon Fillms, Ninja III: The Domination, Sam Firstenberg, Sho Kosugi, Steve Lambert
19 Oct 2011

NINJA III: THE DOMINATION Euro stills

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

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

Monsters and Masks 2011, Ninja III: The Domination
20 May 2011

A designer’s rant…

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

A reader sent me some anime movie poster scans, for which I was grateful, but one of them just struck a nerve – a wrong nerve – and I have to vent. Some day job background first – I pay … Continued

AMERICAN NINJA, CHALLENGE OF THE LADY NINJA, Deadly Silver Ninja, Enter the Ninja, Mafia vs. Ninja, Ninja III: The Domination, Ninja Scroll, The Ninja Dragon
8 Jan 2010

Some film posters on a Friday

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 5 - Art and Advertising | 3

Let’s look at some quirky foreign movie posters, testament to the global nature of the 80’s craze. Coming in the next day or so, more weird movie posters, this time featuring illustrations and paintings of Sho Kosugi (regardless of wether … Continued

FLYING BOY, kamui, Ninja III: The Domination, REVENGE OF THE SHOGUN WOMEN, THE SHINOBI NINJA
6 Oct 2009

And while we’re discussing American flicks…

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

…and it being horror-themed Halloween month, we’d be remiss in not throwing a shout out to what was the most ambitious of the 80’s Canon flicks, Ninja III: The Domination. The delicious desert that was Domination was part Kosugi ninja … Continued

Kosugi, Monsters and Masks 2009, Ninja III: The Domination

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