"I love South-of-the-Border Shinobi"

2022-09-20 13:56:52

Skip to Main Content Latest Posts 7 Aug 2022 South-of-the-Border Shinobi by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 2 - Books and Manga, 4 - Collectibles | 0 ¡Holá Amigos! The ninja craze may have been a fusion of Japanese martial and cinematic traditions filtered through American 1980s pop culture, but it spread to every civilized corner of the globe and no geographic or linguistic market was spared … Continued Blue Demon, El Ninja Mexicano, El Santo, lucha libre, Octagon 6 Jun 2022 Looking forward to lucky 13… by Keith Rainville | posted in: 7 - Ninja Miscelany, 8 - News & Notes | 0 We launched this site 13 years ago today, and despite the fact I’m constantly prodded with that “no one reads websites anymore” notion, I don’t care, this right here is where the new e-content is always going to manifest. Whenever … Continued 8 May 2022 Great ways to spend those ninja dollars… by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 2 - Books and Manga, 3 - Toys and Merch | 0 There are some nifty new ninja and ninja-adjacent opportunities at hand to lighten your wallet folks: I was delighted with the positive and supportive tone of Austin Trunick‘s first volume of The Cannon Film Guide (as reviewed here) and this … Continued Future Cyborg, Kaizo Hayashi, The Cannon Film Guide, To Sleep So As To Dream 15 Mar 2022 A 1960 Ninja Version of ‘Man in the Iron Mask’ Has Surfaced! by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0 Once in a (sadly, increasingly seldom) while, an old ninja movie never before available will surface out of Japan, and man do we have a shiny new toy to play with this month!!! Daiei’s Koga no Misshi — coined “Wrath … Continued Koga no Misshi, Wrath of the Koga Ninja 19 Feb 2022 THESE FISTS… KILL TREES! by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 2 - Books and Manga | 0 I have great appreciation for a new worthy cause to wipe out some trees, and as an author, book designer and marketing pro myself, These Fists Break Bricks hits me in all three of my hearts! For starters, this 330+ … Continued Chris Poggiali, Grady Hendrix, These Fists Break Bricks 17 Nov 2021 Finders of the Lost Ninja by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0 So here you are, thinking you’ve seen and collected it all, and between decades of official releases, budget box sets, bootlegs and streaming rips, you’ve nigh-completed the finite genre that is the 80’s ninja film. Then labels like AGFA and … Continued John Liu, New York Ninja, Ninja Zombie, Treasure of the Ninja 4 Jul 2021 VN’s Japanese Ninja Movie & TV Guide is HERE! by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0 At over 50 pages and even more titles (with more to come on the to-be-entered stack), loaded with visuals and recommendations, here’s your singular resource on Japanese ninja movies and TV from the silent era to the booms of the … Continued CASTLE OF OWLS, Demon Spies, Female Ninja Magic, Female Ninja: In Bed With The Enemy, Fuma Yotaro, HENSHIN NINJA ARASHI, Hiroki Matsukata, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jiraiya The Brave, Jubei Yagyu, Jushiro Konoe, Kabamaru The Ninja Boy, Kagemaru Of Iga, Kaiketsu Lion Maru/ Fuun Lion Maru, Kumi Mizuno, Lone Wolf & Cub, Magic Serpent, MIRAI NINJA, Mission Iron Castle, Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes, Ninja Bugeicho, Ninja Wars, Ninja’s Mark: The Secret Of The Fylfot, Ninja’s Weapon, Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police / Oedo  Sosamo, Renegade Ninjas, Samurai Spy, Sarutobi Sasuke Senjogadake no Himatsuri, Sasuke And His Comedians, Seventeen Ninja / Seventeen Ninja 2: The Great Battle, Shadow Hunters / Echo Of Destiny: Shadow Hunters Ii, Shadow Warriors: Kage No Gundan, Shinobi No Mono (series), Shogun's Ninja, Shogun’s Samurai, Sonny Chiba, The Golden Ninja, The Ninja Hunt, The Red Shadow, The Samurai, The Scroll’s Secret, The Third Ninja, Torawakamaru The Koga Ninja, Ukyonosuke On Patrol / Ukyonosuke’s Reverse Ichimonji Cut, Warring Clans, Warrior of the Wind, Watari The Ninja Boy, World Ninja War Jiraiya, Yagyu Chronicles (series), Yagyu Secret Scrolls I & II 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 6 Jun 2021 Hey, we’re 12! by Keith Rainville | posted in: 7 - Ninja Miscelany, 8 - News & Notes | 0 Today marks the 12th anniversary of VN‘s first ever post, and coincidentally I was 12 when the 1980s ninja craze more or less ‘officially’ kicked off with the release of Enter the Ninja in 1981. I bring up Enter because … Continued 28 Feb 2021 Everything old is new, but old, but newly old, again, again… by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0 It is the summer of 1984, and I am baffled. Hiroyuki ‘Henry’ Sanada has been with me through every phase of my ninja fandom. Desperately hungry for ANYTHING ninja in the mid-80s and as pasted to HBO as any other … Continued Ghost of Tsushima, Henry Sanada, Hiroyuki Sanada, Iga Ninpocho, Mortal Kombat, Ninja WarsPosts navigation1 2 3 4 … 60 »Welcome to VINTAGE NINJA — dedicated to old ninja movies from Japan’s 60s boom to the 80s American exploitation craze and beyond, with a ton of vintage toys, comics, and sharp pointy stuff thrown in for good measure.Read the Definitive History:50+ Japanese ninja movies reviewedCategories1 – Film and TV2 – Books and Manga3 – Toys and Merch4 – Collectibles5 – Art and Advertising6 – History and Martial Arts7 – Ninja Miscelany8 – News & NotesPagesAbout usContactSome Commonly Used TermsWelcome…©2022 Keith J. Rainville