Customer Reviews

Ninja Collection-Volume 1

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Ok, so it's 10 movies for 15.00 and all transfers look to be from video sources. Half the transfers are full screen, with cheezy dubs. And the 'modern' flms in this collection are pretty bad NINJA KIDS PHANTOM FORCE, GOLDEN NINJA INVASION etc.. Having said that the first four are WS transfers of classic films - - - Purple Hood Ninja 1 & 2, Ninja Hunt and 17 Ninjas are very very very watchable and important films in the genre. With that, this is a very good collection (which would be 3/5 stars, but I guess one cannot do half stars - - - I threw my throwing star at the computer screen but could not cut that rating in half.)

very nice - promptly received it in the mail with no hassle - customer service has been great due to the fact i had to call them to thank them personally

Ok, honestly it's good and bad.

It's good because it contains many rare ninja films from the 60s such as Ninjitsu, Ninja Hunt and Purple Hood Ninja 1 & 2. So if you are a fan of the genre and enjoyed the Shinobi No Mano series with Raizo Ichikawa this set is for you and these films alone make it worth the purchase price.

Sadly there are also some 80s vintage Chinese "ninja films" which are B grade by asian standards. If you were ever able to watch Kung Fu theater you might enjoy these, but they aren't notable even for that genre. And unfortunately there is even an 80s vintage Japanese ninja film "Cyber Ninja" that is so bad it is pretty unwatchable.

It is a shame the collection contains some real losers. Given that we still are waiting on classics such as the original "Castle of Owls" and "Ninja Spy" their inclusion could have made this one the ultimate ninja film collection. Perhaps we will get lucky with Volume 2. So skip the last disc and enjoy the rest of the set, especially the early 60s vintage Japanese films.