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Let’s Get Physical!
18 Feb 2024

Let’s Get Physical!

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

I boot up the old Roku last weekend, and HEY! Look at all this new ninja stuff streaming! Ninja Kamui is currently on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block, and Netflix’s House of Ninjas has dropped. And while I really don’t … Continued

Bounty Hunter, Haunted Samurai, Justice Ninja Style, Magic Serpent, Ninja Scope, Shinobi no Mono, Unmasking the Idol, Watari
10 Sep 2010

WATARI press stills (Part 2)

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

Pre-pubescent axe-weilding hero Watari goes through standard shinobi like shit through a goose, but things get a lot dicier when he encounters a  bizarre rogues gallery of super-powered villains. Further Reading: I wrote a short plug for this film on … Continued

Maki Fuyukichi, Shirato Sanpei, Watari
9 Sep 2010

WATARI press stills (Part 1)

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

Scored some 4×6″ B&W press stills from Toei’s 1966 mess of a masterpiece Watari the Ninja Boy (Daininjutsu eiga Watari). Depending on one’s previous knowledge of the Shirato Sanpei manga and where you stand on magical superhero ninjutsu vs. grim … Continued

Maki Fuyukichi, Shirato Sanpei, Watari
21 Mar 2010

Great WATARI stuff…

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

…over at the fired-out-of-a-cannon blog Ultra Guro (again)! Tons more over there, too. God I love this movie…

Watari
25 Oct 2009

Coming soon: Watari and Watari…

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

Somehow, it’s the last week of October… Time flies when you’re running around in an Oni mask like a maniac. Actually, some mid-month travel put a dent in what I wanted to be a more prolific output for MONSTERS AND … Continued

Akakage, Lion Maru, Maki Fuyukichi, Monsters and Masks 2009, Watari

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