Revenge of the Ninja
Cho Osaki (Shô Kosugi) moves to America with his son Kane (Kane Kosugi) after his family is killed in Japan by ninjas. He opens a doll shop with his friend Braden (Arthur Roberts), who uses Cho's shop as a front to import heroin in the dolls. Braden is double crossed by his Italian buyer and he shows them why you do not fuck with Japanese drug lords. Cho prepares for the ultimate ninja duel to the death when he finds out that his friend has betrayed him. Written by James R. Silke and directed by Sam Firstenberg.
The Street Fighter
When you think of a Street Fighter movie, do you think of that shittastic Jean-Claude VanDamme film from the mid-80's? If you do, clear that preconceived notion of garbage out of your head, because for our movie to kick off our July Ninja/Martial Arts theme week, we're talking about the 1974 Sonny Chiba fightfest THE STREET FIGHTER (aka Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken)! The one question you need to ask yourself before watching this is... Are you ready to get your guts kicked out?
The Machine Girl
The Machine Girl (aka Katuaude mashin gâru) is written and directed by Japanese director Noboru Iguchi, and stars Minase Yashiro as Ami Hyuga - the main and titular character. Ami Hyuga is like any other young college girl. She loves her younger brother and she can shoot some mean hoops. After her parents commit suicide due to her father being set up on murder charges, she's left in charge to take care of her younger brother Yu. Yu is generally a good kid, he doesn't usually get into too much trouble, but lately that's changed. Yu and his friend Takashi have recently gotten involved with the son of a yakuza, Sho. They've gotten into a situation where they owe money to Sho, who would rather punish them then take the 20,000 yen they were able to raise. Sho gives them a day extension to raise 200,000 yen - an impossible task for a couple of high school students. When Yu and Takashi can't come up with the money, Sho and his gang of bullies drop them off a parking structure onto their heads.
Shogun Assassin
The tale of Shogun Assassin is a confusing one. While Robert Houston is the credited director, this is actually the first two movies of the Lone Wolf and Cub aka "babycart" (Kozure Ôkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma aka "Babycart at the River Styx, and Kozure Ôkami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru aka "Sword of Vengeance") series of films from Japan. Because this is basically two movies recut into one, the story can be somewhat consusing at times, but what results is an all out action martial arts movie with blood spraying like geysers from every enemy slain by the main character Ogami Itto (played by Tomisaburo Wakayama).



