@@ferox965 I grew up on the south side of Chicago. I was having some problems in school. My old man, a formally educated teacher and overall awesome dude, took me out of school and we vegged out on the Ninja trilogy and The Warriors on VHS. I can't speak for any school improvements but what I will say that my childhood was some cool shit. We lived in South Shore, right by the lake. There was a major commercial artery 2 blocks away. Girls on the block were my age. I had a new bicycle and my life hadn't yet started.
Yes. When I was about 7 or 8, I got up to sneak in some late night TV on a weekend and caught this movie on HBO. I was a ninja fanatic from that point on throughout the 80's. Luckily, our local video store had an awesome martial arts section so they had almost every ninja movie available at the time.
I remember watching this movie all the time growing up in the 1980s and I remember that seeing where it shows that his mom was a badass. She just needs to be better at hiding.
Imagine if Tadashi Yamashita would have taken the role in Enter the Ninja, then there would not have been the Ninja craze of the 80's. Sho Kosugi's action packed performance is what set it all in motion.
Between Bruce Lee's last movie Game of Death (1978) and Jackie Chan's Hollywood breakthrough Rumble in the Bronx (1995), Sho Kosugi was the biggest Asian movie star in Hollywood during that interim period. It's a shame Kosugi has since been forgotten.
Man, I love the theme of these movies. It pops up in my head every now and then when Im cleaning around the house and it makes something meanial epic lol My favorite is the third installment but I love all three of them!
I would like a video of 'What the F@ck happened to Sho Kosugi?" He disappeared for a very long time. Where did he go? Did he just go get a day job because in 2009 he shows up in Ninja Assassin as the head bag guy. If Hasbro had any sense, they would of hired him to be the Hard Master in the G.I.Joe Rise of Cobra monstrosity that came out the same year.
You are absolutely correct. Revenge of the Ninja was one of my favorites growing up in mid 1980s. One of Cannon's best. How could you forget Avenging Force, though?
Sho Kasugi is an absolute legend. I love him so much. I wish he had been in more films. He's easily my favorite martial arts star. More than Bruce, more Chang, more than Van Damme more than any of them.
Crazy, but this movie and Sho Kosugi are what got me to start training in martial arts when I was a kid. I eventually went on to teach martial arts myself and had my own school. Finally got a pretty bad back injury and had to stop. But, I still bust out my Sho movies from time to time.
I loved ninjas so when this movies was in theaters I talked my parents into taking me. I was 7 and that opening sequence had me wanting to go home lol. Later when I got it on vhs at age 12 it became my all-time favorite ninja movie to this day. Lol
I saw this movie for the first time when I was 20, which was when I fell in love with Japanese martial arts. It was when I saw this movie and became a ninja the next day. I think this movie is the best ninja movie in history because 10 years later I was born to my sho kosugi is the god of martial arts the ninja of the 80s one day i will bring back the ninja mania and make ninjas cool again.
My cousin and I rented it from the local Coast to Coast hardware store that doubled as a video rental and also sold Star Wars action figures in 1985!!! Life was great like that in 85.......
Thank you for adding the Sam Firstenberg interview! This is my favorite movie of all time. Would be absolutely amazing to find some screen used props. The Brayden silver mask would be the holy grail :)
Let's see if anyone remembers what movie this may be, because I watched it decades ago and can't remember. It was a ninja movie. Can't remember what production company was behind it or even who was the lead. But the story pretty much involved a hijacked skyscraper with hostages. Our hero, a ninja, spends most of the movie climbing the side of the skyscraper at dusk, to reach the top and infiltrate it. While he is climbing we constantly flash back to his story and how he became a ninja, and essentially how he ended doing what he is doing now. Eventually reaches the top, kills the bad guys, and rescues everybody. Watched it as a kid, I believe either as a rental or one of those movies found on TV a Saturday afternoon, and never ran into it again. And clearly it wasn't a major production even for this sub-genre of movies, so it isn't as widely remembered as the Cannon films.
what İ do not understand is, i remember at the final fight shou burst braden arm, but could never find those scene again. it seems cut scenes can not Be found anymore
The Cannon Ninja trilogy needs a box set release. I know there is one, but it is hard to come by. Have Arrow Video work on that. And have Sho Kosugi be on the cover front and center.
Is 2 better than 3. 3 is one of the sickest movies ive seen im general. 1 was fun. I have to finish the 2nd one but its starts of the slowest but not in a bad way
3:23 - He gets killed in almost every single one of their films, haha... even in the American Ninja film, if I remember right... but definitely in this and Ninja III.
From a Japanese point of view, it's a movie that has a lot of misunderstandings about ninjas. There are no ninjas like this. This exaggerates ninja too much. Why did Sho Kosugi make such a movie when he should have known what a ninja is? It's arranged for America.
A little kid gets a ninja star to the forehead in the first five minutes. Of course it's the best ninja movie ever made. I'm not advocating violence against kids. But crotch goblins are still annoying.
One of my favorite films of all time.
I first watched it in 1989 it was first martial-arts film I ever saw, I was 4 years old at the time.
This is the best ninja movie to ever come out of the 80s, possibly ever made!
Watched it twice in the theater. Collected a crap load of cans to recycle.
This is still the best ninja -movie that I have seen
Fun fact: Kane Kosugi would star in another great sequel: Ninja 2 Shadow of a Tear with the always enjoyable Scott Adkins. Like father like son!
We love Scott Adkins!
I have memories of reenacting the climactic fight scene with my brother in the backyard dressed as ninjas.
Hope no one got hurt!
@@JoBloOriginals We had no injuries according to mother.
If you grew up when those movies came out, you had an awesome childhood.
You are correct
Yep. I rented the three Cannon ninja movies all the time when I was little. Looking back, my parents were pretty hip haha.
@@ferox965 I grew up on the south side of Chicago. I was having some problems in school. My old man, a formally educated teacher and overall awesome dude, took me out of school and we vegged out on the Ninja trilogy and The Warriors on VHS. I can't speak for any school improvements but what I will say that my childhood was some cool shit. We lived in South Shore, right by the lake. There was a major commercial artery 2 blocks away. Girls on the block were my age. I had a new bicycle and my life hadn't yet started.
Yes. When I was about 7 or 8, I got up to sneak in some late night TV on a weekend and caught this movie on HBO. I was a ninja fanatic from that point on throughout the 80's. Luckily, our local video store had an awesome martial arts section so they had almost every ninja movie available at the time.
I remember watching this movie all the time growing up in the 1980s and I remember that seeing where it shows that his mom was a badass. She just needs to be better at hiding.
My fave ninja movie. So unhinged and badass. Rented this all the time when I was a kid in the 80s.
Imagine if Tadashi Yamashita would have taken the role in Enter the Ninja, then there would not have been the Ninja craze of the 80's.
Sho Kosugi's action packed performance is what set it all in motion.
Facts.
Between Bruce Lee's last movie Game of Death (1978) and Jackie Chan's Hollywood breakthrough Rumble in the Bronx (1995), Sho Kosugi was the biggest Asian movie star in Hollywood during that interim period. It's a shame Kosugi has since been forgotten.
Man, I love the theme of these movies. It pops up in my head every now and then when Im cleaning around the house and it makes something meanial epic lol My favorite is the third installment but I love all three of them!
i was a kid in the 80s ninja movies was one of my favorite movies
Sho Kosuji catching the falling cup in mid air, that says it all, real ninja.
I would like a video of 'What the F@ck happened to Sho Kosugi?" He disappeared for a very long time. Where did he go? Did he just go get a day job because in 2009 he shows up in Ninja Assassin as the head bag guy. If Hasbro had any sense, they would of hired him to be the Hard Master in the G.I.Joe Rise of Cobra monstrosity that came out the same year.
i filmed him 2018: ruclips.net/video/4pHTpeemSWI/видео.html
You are absolutely correct. Revenge of the Ninja was one of my favorites growing up in mid 1980s. One of Cannon's best. How could you forget Avenging Force, though?
Oh we didn’t - it’s coming
Sho Kasugi is an absolute legend. I love him so much. I wish he had been in more films. He's easily my favorite martial arts star. More than Bruce, more Chang, more than Van Damme more than any of them.
Oh wow...I remember watching this as a young kid in the 80s. Man great movie! Loved it!
Saw this gem when it came out and loved it.
Crazy, but this movie and Sho Kosugi are what got me to start training in martial arts when I was a kid. I eventually went on to teach martial arts myself and had my own school. Finally got a pretty bad back injury and had to stop. But, I still bust out my Sho movies from time to time.
I loved ninjas so when this movies was in theaters I talked my parents into taking me. I was 7 and that opening sequence had me wanting to go home lol. Later when I got it on vhs at age 12 it became my all-time favorite ninja movie to this day. Lol
I saw this movie for the first time when I was 20, which was when I fell in love with Japanese martial arts. It was when I saw this movie and became a ninja the next day. I think this movie is the best ninja movie in history because 10 years later I was born to my sho kosugi is the god of martial arts the ninja of the 80s one day i will bring back the ninja mania and make ninjas cool again.
My cousin and I rented it from the local Coast to Coast hardware store that doubled as a video rental and also sold Star Wars action figures in 1985!!! Life was great like that in 85.......
amazing film, great action, good story, good acting and I love the sound track of the final fight.
By far the best Ninja movie, still to this day. American Ninja second.
Love the movie and LOVE the soundtrack!They don'e make them like that anymore!
I have a large certified picture sign by both Sho Kosugi and Arthur Roberts!!!!!!
The BEST Ninja movie by far... Thats how I feel about it..........
When you think of Ninjas, you think of Sho!!!
Would you consider made some video like this for "Lone Wolf McQuade"?Those precious few movies were the epitome of the 80's.
I remember watching this documentary when I was 8.
Good times!
The best scene is when Kosugi beats up the Village People.
the dude dressed up as a cowboy reminded me of Rip Taylor
almost expected him to throw a bunch of confetti around during the battle in the park
Hands down my favourite western Ninja film!
What is a better ninja -movie than this then?
You should have mention the awsome score this movie has. It makes the movie more superb than it already is.
I saw the soundtrack on aomeba records is really expensive
ONLY A NINJA CAN STOP A NINJA
Revenge of the Ninja was dope. That metal balls n spikes death scene was so dope.
This was my favorite movie as a kid
Revenge of the ninja is the greatest ninja movie of all time.
Thank you for adding the Sam Firstenberg interview! This is my favorite movie of all time. Would be absolutely amazing to find some screen used props. The Brayden silver mask would be the holy grail :)
This is one the best ninja movies
Greatest Ninja movie ever!!!
Nothing has come close
First ninja movie i ever saw.
And still the best
The movie that marked my childhood
Loved the movies as a kid even though the version we got was heavily cut.
This was great thanks!
Let's see if anyone remembers what movie this may be, because I watched it decades ago and can't remember.
It was a ninja movie. Can't remember what production company was behind it or even who was the lead. But the story pretty much involved a hijacked skyscraper with hostages. Our hero, a ninja, spends most of the movie climbing the side of the skyscraper at dusk, to reach the top and infiltrate it. While he is climbing we constantly flash back to his story and how he became a ninja, and essentially how he ended doing what he is doing now. Eventually reaches the top, kills the bad guys, and rescues everybody.
Watched it as a kid, I believe either as a rental or one of those movies found on TV a Saturday afternoon, and never ran into it again. And clearly it wasn't a major production even for this sub-genre of movies, so it isn't as widely remembered as the Cannon films.
The Last Ninja, 1983 tv movie
I've been a shoka Suki fan for years. I was surprised to see him in ninja assassin.
shoka Suki 😅
Best martial art actor from the 80s.
Ninja 3 was my favourite though.
what İ do not understand is, i remember at the final fight shou burst braden arm, but could never find those scene again. it seems cut scenes can not Be found anymore
just a thought here, but wasnt Sho going to start an art gallery as a plot device in the somewhat darker Pray for Death ?
The Ninja trilogy has some sick movie poster art. I wonder who drew them
The Cannon Ninja trilogy needs a box set release. I know there is one, but it is hard to come by. Have Arrow Video work on that. And have Sho Kosugi be on the cover front and center.
Try shout they have rights …to sell the DVDs
Hi. Where can I find the uncut version of this movie?
Would love to see sho kusugi in season 6 of cobra kai.
Sho Kosugi = best modern day film ninja. Sonny Chiba = best medieval (Tokugawa Period) film/TV ninja.
Shane kosugi was the kid who took the throwing star to the head at the beginning of the movie.
Is 2 better than 3. 3 is one of the sickest movies ive seen im general. 1 was fun. I have to finish the 2nd one but its starts of the slowest but not in a bad way
Love that movie. Great job Joblo,
Was this the one where the guy tried to catch the car and was dragged by it ?
"I'm a ninja! I'm a Hoodie Ninja!"
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U forgot avenging force from Sam firstenberg
No no - it’s coming. avenging Force gets its own video
All 3 ninja movies were amazing
Only a good guy in a pajama can stop 99 bad guys in pajamas!
Dude why does no one ever mention Sakura Killers
Is that The VIllage People at 09:30 ?
hi jo
3:23 - He gets killed in almost every single one of their films, haha... even in the American Ninja film, if I remember right... but definitely in this and Ninja III.
Get it right only a ninja can kill a ninja and yes they did make some kick a movies
3 ninjas tells me otherwise
From a Japanese point of view, it's a movie that has a lot of misunderstandings about ninjas. There are no ninjas like this. This exaggerates ninja too much.
Why did Sho Kosugi make such a movie when he should have known what a ninja is? It's arranged for America.
Instant ninja, just add water.
Sho Kosugi is THE only real ninja, IMO.
U possess gweat ninja skwill
We try
Dead or Alive got a movie? 😂🤣😭
Hot tub scene...
I prefer Pray For Death by FAAAAR!!! But it’s still a good movie. 👍
I'm sorry but.... MK is objectively better than DoA. How dare you sir?!?!??
A little kid gets a ninja star to the forehead in the first five minutes. Of course it's the best ninja movie ever made.
I'm not advocating violence against kids. But crotch goblins are still annoying.
"The Hunted" is the ONLY good Ninja movie.
You spelled Revenge of the Ninja wrong.
@@ferox965
Sho nuf did.
_"He no Ninja! He no kanpai!"_
Pray for Death is better. Even though it's essentially bigger budget remake of Revenge of the Ninja.