Product Details

• Actors: Shô Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett, David Chung, Dale Ishimoto
• Directors: Sam Firstenberg
• Writers: James R. Silke
• Producers: David Womark, Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
• Format: Color, NTSC, Digital Sound
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (DVD)
• VHS Release Date: July 8, 1994
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301972740
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,825 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Ninja III The Domination. A ninja assassin spirit possesses the body of a young attractive telephone worker Christine (Lucinda Dickey). Christine personality totally changes as she turns into an evil Ninja set to complete the diabolical assassination missions. Her boyfriend enlists the aid of Yamada a good Ninja played by Sho Kosugi (enter the ninja). Yamada proves to be Christine's only chance for survival.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Should be on DVD., February 18, 2005

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Dymon Enlow "Dymon Enlow" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ninja III: The Domination [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The opening fight scene is legendary. Golf ball crushing, eyeball stabbing, punching through the roof of a police car, ninja star to the face, this fight has it all! The ninja even throws a star with his foot and shoots a dart down the barrel of a gun!

A woman is possessed by an evil ninja who uses her body to avenge his death. That's cool and the kill scenes are cool, especially the one at the cemetery, but unfortunately the woman also has a hairy boyfriend whose main habit is to show off the hair on his shoulders while talking a lot about nothing.

Even with the hairy guy slowing down the pace NINJA III: THE DOMINATION manages to secure itself as a minor masterpiece in the ninja genre thanks to the martial arts skills of Sho Kosugi and David Chung. Also look for James Hong in a minor role.

You're not a true ninja fan until you've got this movie in your collection.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pure 80's cheese with Flashdance and The Exorcist thrown in, August 29, 2004

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Mark (Boston, Ma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ninja III: The Domination [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is in my opinion the best ninja movie ever made. Yes, it is very corny and yes it is very cheesy but in a good kind of way. It's one of those movies where it is so bad it's actually good. This movie could be one of the best so bad it's actually good kind of movies ever made. I will give you the positives and negatives about this film. If you read this, this will be the best and the most official review about this movie.

Positives
1. It has ninjas in it. Duh. Love them ninjas.
2. Sho Kosugi who is a real ninja in real life is in it.
3. This movie has a great location. It was filmed in Phoenix, Arizona on the months of October of 1983 to December of 1983. Love the great ending on top of the mountains.
4. Sho Kosugi doesn't use his kids in this one. Yippie for us.
5. Lucinda Dickey is hot in this movie, probably still is hot even today. Who knows.
6. This movie has loads and loads of action. This movie is all about action.
7. The coolest and most rediculous beginning of a movie in movie history. If you have seen this movie you all know what happens.
8. This movie borrowed elements from Flashdance which was released in 1983. So they must of stole that pretty quickly. And of course this movie borrows from The Exorcist during the exorcism scene where they try to bring out the demon out of Lucinda Dickey which of course turns out to be a Ninja!!!!!!

Negatives
1. No dvd. I have been contacting Anchor Bay and Blue Underground. Hopefully some company will finally realize that this deserves a dvd release.
2. There are deleted scenes that may or may not be still out there. If you have the big box vhs cover version in which i do not have but still remember from renting so often, you can see on the back Sho Kosugi killing a black suited ninja which was never in the movie so i'm trying to push Anchor Bay or Blue Underground to release this movie with the deleted scenes.
3. No nudity. How is that possible when you have Lucinda Dickey in her 20's in a ninja film, in a Golan Globus production, which is rated R during the 1980's? There was definitely a chance though but either Dickey didn't want to show them because she thought she would become a big actress some day(which never happened) or the director which was Sam Firstenberg blew it which was unlikely to happen because Firstenberg did have nudity in Revenge Of The Ninja in which he also directed.
4. That acting is very weak to say the least. Lucinda Dickey may be hot but she can't act. That's probably why she never hit it big. Jordan Bennett can't act as well. Sho Kosugi isn't a great actor either and i've read that in most of his movies they actually dubbed his voice. And i believe they dubbed his voice in this movie.
5. This is a Golan Globus production so the production is less than stellar. This movie is over 20 years old now and the special effects are cheesy if past their prime.
6. This movie was filmed on a low budget and the movie shows that.
7. If your going into this movie hoping for great acting, great writing, great special effects and big name stars forget about it. This is strictly B movie fair.

That's all folks. Have a great day.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Ninja Movie Ever, November 2, 2009

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Peter James (Wilkes Barre, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ninja III: The Domination [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I can't believe this movie has never came out on DVD. This is one of the best Ninja movies of all time. The opening and final fight scene are stuff of legend.