Ninjas

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Bullet Points: Ninja, the Battalion (1988)

What do you get when you mix 1982’s Alliance of Hung Sect with Filmark International ninja footage? You get the subject of this edition of Bullet Points, 1988’s Ninja, the Battalion… If I had a hand...

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Underrated Ninja Movies You Need to See

There are lots and lots of ninja movies. We’ve been writing about them and other action movies for a decade and there have been at least 280 new ninja movies released since then (I’m just guessing)....

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Scene of the Week: How to Become a Teenage Ninja

The heyday of direct to video movies wasn’t just a bastion for action movies. Self-help and instructional videos found their way to VHS and just like the action movies I never heard of during that time...

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Ranked: Shô Kosugi – 80s Edition

Shô Kosugi was born in Tokyo, Japan on June 17, 1948. And for those of us who have been lucky enough to watch his films over the years, we also know that Shô Kosugi was born...

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Bullet Points: Instant Rage

There are a lot of things in this world that give me instant rage… many of them revolve around this web site. Others include people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch. The...

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Bullet Points: Ninja: American Warrior

If you need an idea of how important Shô Kosugi was to the ninja craze of the 1980’s, look no further than Filmark International’s Sho Kosugi Ninja Theater collection. The series of pieced together, cheaply made,...

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Bullet Points: Ninja Strike Force

1988’s Ninja Strike Force was originally intended to be a part of our Ninja Week that we presented back in September to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Revenge of the Ninja. Plans changed however and Ninja...

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Bullet Points: Ninja in Action

I am not exactly sure how many ninja movies were made in the 1980s, but it is a safe bet that nobody produced more ninja content in the 1980s than Filmark International. My latest trip down...