131 Watari Ninja Boy & Samurai Reincarnation

Happy Holidays from Heroes Three! This week we are closing out 2024 with Marty's host pick, God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai directed by Wong Jing and starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, and Gong Li! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito   Full cast and credits at HKMDB!Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - [email protected] Full blog post with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (3:00) Production background (6:36) Carlos and Matthew Initial Thoughts (8:40) Hong Kong cross talk with hollywood (11:01) Movie Thoughts (16:05) Gong Li: Too Hot for Taiwan? (26:22) Back to the movie (58:40) Possible releases in the US (1:01:14) Ng Man-tat and Stephen Chow (1:03:10) Final thoughts and plugs

Welcome back to Heroes Three! Host picks continue with Matthew's choice, and he brought the Bong Joon-ho monster film from 2006, The Host! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito   Full cast and credits at IMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - [email protected] Making of The Host documentary Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:35) Carlos's "The Host" history (2:58) Marty's "The Host" History (8:01) The strengths of this movie (13:05) The cast (16:29) Carlos plot recap (20:18) Movie discussion (54:30) Final Thoughts (56:06) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome back to Heroes Three! Some host picks to close out the year and Carlos brings one of his all time favorites, Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories from 1995! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito  Full cast and credits at Anime News Network! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - [email protected] Full blog post with gifs here! Making Memories Documentary Read the Memories short by Otomo here! Animation Obsessive's great writing on Magnetic Rose here! Weird cel wobble from Fist of the North Star Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:52) Why Memories (2:49) Carlos Memories memories (7:54) Marty's surprising Memories memories (11:27) Matthew's Memories first time (16:10) Production History (19:26) Based on a true story?? (20:53) Wrong info online (23:08) Magnetic Rose (37:11) Stink Bomb (52:54) Cannon Fodder (1:04:56) Final thoughts (1:09:51) Outro and training for next week

This week, we take a detour to hear about Carlos's super fun trip to Japan! Ninja museum, boar encounters, and super grannies await! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - [email protected] Full blogpost with pictures here!

 This week on Heroes Three, we make a brief Halloween diversion to look at Bollywood horror with the Ramsay Brothers' Purana Mandir (1984)! Watch it (stretched out but in full) on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X400ruYdui0 Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:24) Raat thoughts (2:10) Purana Mandir discussion (37:42) Lily Li RIP (39:09) Outro and training for next week

Welcome back to Heroes Three! This week Summer of Ninja ENDS as we are joined by Leon from Hong Kong and Beyond to discuss the apex of 80s ninja cinema, Revenge of the Ninja from Sam Firstenberg and Cannon Films starring Sho Kosugi! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Check out Leon and Shaz at Hong Kong & Beyond! YouTube & Podcast  Full cast and credits at IMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - [email protected] Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:55) Our history with Revenge of the Ninja (9:26) Production Info (18:42) Revenge of the Ninja Trailer (20:14) Movie Recap (1:00:13) An aside on nunchucks (1:08:52) Back to the Movie (1:25:04) Leon plugs (1:26:36) Our plugs

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! The Summer of Ninja continues as we take on another double feature, Chang Cheh's Five Element Ninjas from 1982 and The Super Ninja from 1984-ish. Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at HKMDB & HKMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - [email protected] ⁠Full blogpost with gifs here!⁠ Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:12) Why these two (4:56) 5 Element Ninjas Reputation (7:07) Chang Cheh and Shaw Brothers (11:07) Chu Ko Choreo (13:32) 5 Element Ninjas Discussion (35:51) Break Time (38:27) The Super Ninja (57:19) Plugs and Training for Next Week

The Summer of Ninja doesn't stop here at Heroes Three podcast. This episode we are very excited to be joined by The Fanatical Dragon to discuss the directorial debut of the legendary Corey Yuen, Ninja in the Dragon's Den from 1982 starring Conan Lee and Hiroyuki Sanada! Check out The Fanatical Dragon on Youtube! The Fanatical Dragon Patreon Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at HKMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - [email protected] Some great additional finds for the film at Vintage Ninja! Japanese Program Stills Part 1 and Part 2! Ninja Vinyl with a wonderful rip of Legend of a Ninja and it's B-side, Silver Moon! Full blog post with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:07) Seasonal films, Conan Lee, and Ng See Yuen (11:16) Releases of the film (16:12) Spanish dubs and new dub crew (21:28) BotVHS (22:04) Movie Recap (1:37:54) Fanatical Dragon Plugs (1:40:16) Johnny saying really nice stuff about us (1:41:43) Our plugs

Welcome back to the Summer of Ninja here at Heroes Three podcast. This week another guest emerges from the shadows to help us discuss a double feature of ninja magic! Joey Weiser is here to talk about both Watari, Ninja Boy from 1966, and Samurai Reincarnation from 1981! Full cast and credits - Watari and Makai Tensho Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - [email protected] Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find Joey Weiser and his work here! Tragic-Planet X and Instagram Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:48) Why these movies (2:35) Joey's history with these films (5:38) Carlos history with these films (6:55) Marty Thoughts Watari Ninja Boy (10:01) Marty Thoughts Makai Tensho (14:31) Matthew's thoughts (15:32) Watari Ninja Boy (41:10) Samurai Reincarnation Makai Tensho (1:08:14) Wrapping up (1:11:56) A brief bit on Ninja Scroll (1:14:49) Joey plugs! (1:17:09) Plugs and training for next week

This week on Heroes Three podcast we're celebrating our 7th anniversary! The Summer of Ninja continues as we take a look at some of our favorite ninja in video games. Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - [email protected] Full blogpost with videos and gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:12) Ninjas in Games overview (2:22) Ninjas Hayate (0:12) Ninjas in games overview (2:22) Ninja Hayate (6:51) Ninja JaJa Maru Kun (11:52) Legend of Kage (14:01) Ganbare Goemon (19:58) Ninja C64 (21:18) The Ninja Master (22:54) Ninja Warriors (26:31) Final Fantasy (28:49) Street fighter (30:42) Shinobi (33:37) Shadow Dancer (34:13) Ninja Gaiden (38:45) Ninja Spirit (40:19) Mirai Ninja Cyber Ninja (42:22) Final Fight (46:01) Wrath of the Black manta (47:55) Ninja Turtles (54:06) shadow of the ninja (55:02) Ninja Golf (56:17) Fatal Fury (57:04) Sengoku (57:45) Yo Noid (1:01:00) Mortal Kombat (1:03:56) Fighting game ninjas (1:04:43) Matthew's Bloody Roar story (1:06:48) Hagane the Final Conflict (1:09:13) Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (1:10:52) Metal Gear (1:15:10) Open the floor to other ninjas (1:15:44) Mark of the Ninja (1:17:15) Ninja Five-0 (1:19:08) Ninja brain dump (1:21:36) Plugs and training