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SHINOBI-NO-MONO: The Lost Essential?
5 Dec 2016

SHINOBI-NO-MONO: The Lost Essential?

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

This week I was invited to be a guest on the NERD LUNCH podcast’s annual “Ninja Day” show. The usual panel of three hosts was well schooled in American ninja movies, but had never seen SHINOBI-NO-MONO, the ‘ground zero’ film of … Continued

Raizo Ichikawa, Shinobi no Mono
29 Aug 2012

SHINSO: SHINOBI NO MONO Thai press stills

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

More of the amazing hand-tinted, one-of-a-kind press photos from Thai cinemas, this time to the franchise prequel/reboot Shinso Shinobi no mono, sadly Raizo Ichikawa‘s last time under the hood. These individually colored photos are on a different paper stock than … Continued

Raizo Ichikawa, Shinobi no Mono, Thai press kits
4 Jun 2010

Shinobi-no-Mono posters

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

Looked at some Taiwanese / HK stuff last time, and people get testy when I stray to the Chinese side of shinobi cinema, so I’ll boomerang things right back with some tried and true Raizo Ichikawa. Speaking of Raizo, I’ve … Continued

Raizo Ichikawa, Shinobi no Mono
4 May 2010

SASUKE Book-n-Record

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 2 - Books and Manga | 0

This kid’s book-and-record (flexi-disc that is) Sarutobi Sasuke: Ninja Shugyou (Ninja Training?) is from 1973, and I know little more than that. The art throughout its 10 cardboard pages is no great shakes – and is actually quite stiff at … Continued

Raizo Ichikawa, Sarutobi Sasuke
2 Mar 2010

More BAND OF ASSASSINS

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

Missed this one in our February post on Shinobi no Mono poster art. God I love that post-tinted color!

Raizo Ichikawa, Shinobi no Mono
29 Jan 2010

Color campaigns for B&W classics

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

When discussing 60’s B&W ninja flicks, the Shinobi-no-Mono series is THE genre-defining series. The movie posters, however, relied on strong reds, greens and blues to catch the consumers’ eye, and are some of the only color reference for the props … Continued

Raizo Ichikawa, Shinobi no Mono
1 Dec 2009

Colorized SHINOBI-NO-MONO menkos

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 4 - Collectibles | 2

Thought a good follow-up to my anti-Ninja Assassin / pro-Shinobi-no-Mono rant last week would be a look at some rather strange S-n-M related merch – colorized menko cards. Released contemporary with the 60’s series, these ‘cigarette cards’ used stills from … Continued

menko cards, Raizo Ichikawa, Shinobi no Mono
30 Oct 2009

Find yourself a copy of DEMON OF MOUNT OE!

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

You think you have enough ‘heroic band of samurai with signature weapons vs. shape-shifting evil magicians’ movies in your collection, and then BOOM, a gem like Demon of Mount Oe surfaces! Bandits vs. samurai, magicians vs. Mikado, demon bulls kidnapping … Continued

Demon of Mt. Oe, Monsters and Masks 2009, Raizo Ichikawa, Shintaro Katsu
21 Jul 2009

ZOKU SHINOBI NO MONO press stills (part 2)

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

The Shinobi no Mono films not only revolutionized the way ninjutsu was portrayed in film, they changed the very notion of ninja characters. Raizo Ichikawa was the perfect victim protagonist – the lone man struggling to survive in a world that … Continued

Raizo Ichikawa, Shinobi no Mono
20 Jul 2009

ZOKU SHINOBI NO MONO press stills (part 1)

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 2

These sepia-toned (and aging poorly) 8×10’s are from either a theatrical lobby promo kit or a studio press kit contemporary to the 1963 theatrical release of ninja blockbuster Zoku Shinobi no Mono (Return of the Band of Assassins, ). Raizo … Continued

Raizo Ichikawa, Shinobi no Mono

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