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American Samurai featuring an early role with Mark Dacascos is set to get a director’s cut restoration

Posted 2 years ago

An early Cannon Film that features Martial Arts actor Mark Dacascos from director Sam Firstenberg will now be re-edited from the studio-altered release.

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Revenge of the Ninja (1983) Revisited + Director Sam Firstenberg Interview

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Revenge of the Ninja is up there with the best American Martial Arts films ever made. Star Sho Kosugi had made a big impression in Cannon’s Enter the Ninja the year before, stealing the show from his (heavily doubled)...

JoBlo Originals

Best Underrated 80s Action Movies – Part 3

Posted 4 years ago

Steve The eighties were full of incredible action movies, but while a lot of them are considered classics now, some of the best movies (you never saw) routinely get underrated, so here on JoBlo we’re celebrating some diamonds in the...

Revenge of the Ninja (1983) – Sho Kosugi – The Best Movie You Never Saw

Posted 5 years ago

Chris Cannon Films is legendary as far as eighties action flicks go. An independent company headed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, the two became famous (or infamous) for a run of schlocky eighties B-movies. Their action movies,...

Ninja III – The Domination (1984) Awfully Good Movies

Posted 5 years ago

Ninja III: The Domination DIRECTOR: Sam Firstenberg          CAST: Sho Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett Now that Awfully Good Movies has made it intact into the new year of 2021, let us begin on a high note by turning our focus...

Best Horror Movie You Never Saw: Ninja III: The Domination (1984)

Posted 7 years ago

Welcome to Arrow in the Head's The Best Horror Movie You Never Saw, which will be dedicated to highlighting horror films that, for one reason or another, don't get as much love as we think they should. We know plenty...