SHINTARO THE SAMURAI - SEASON 8 - PHANTOM NINJA - PAL-0

SHINTARO THE SAMURAI
(ONMITSU KENCHI)
SEASON 8:
PHANTOM NINJA
Starring KOICHI
OSE

JAPANESE SAMURAI TV SERIES 1962-65   
3 

DISCS - 14 EPISODES
DIRECTED BY TORU
TOYAMA
PRODUCED BY TOSHIO
KOBAYASHI
WARNING: THESE DVD
ARE PAL FORMAT REGION FREE.
NOT NTSC. IT WILL
NOT WORK ON STANDARD NORTH-AMERICAN DVD PLAYERS BUT WILL PLAY ON
MOST PC DVD PLAYERS. YOU NEED A UNIVERSAL PLAYER TO PLAY IT ON
REGULAR NTSC TV.
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ABOUT THE SERIES
:  
This
classic Japanese samurai TV series (1962-1965) portrays the
adventures of a roving samurai, Akikusa Shintaro (whose real name
is Matsudaira Nobuchiyo), played by
Ose Koichi. Set in the 17th
century Japan and is a combination of pantomime, violent action,
brilliant sword play and magicianship. Shintaro is the older
half-brother of Ienari, the 11th Tokugawa shogun. Because he is the
son of a concubine, he has no claim to power, so he assumes the
guise of a wandering spy-swordsman (along with the name Shintaro)
to seek out and eliminate plots by rival warlords, in this way
protecting his younger brother, who is still a minor. Acting on
secret orders from
roju (chief councillor) Matsudaira Sadanobu, Shintaro
gathers information in the various fiefdoms and battles rival
warriors and spies, aided by his Iga Ninja friend Tombei the Mist (
Japanese: Kiri no Tonbei), as played by
Fuyukichi Maki. Shintaro is
also helped by Shusaku (played by
Omori Shunsuke), whose father
has been kidnapped by Koga ninja, and whom Shusaku and Shintaro are
also trying to find.
The
series, originally known in Japan as
Onmitsu Kenshi,
 has some memorable villains, especially those
played by
Bin Amatsu, including the
imposing Kongo of Koga, the other-worldly Fuma Kotaro (a descendant
of the famous 16th century ninja Fuma Kotaro) and Gensai the Wolf.
Genkuro Momochi, played by
Toshiyuki Katsuki, is another
villain who has a genuinely menacing screen presence; as well as a
prominent scar in the middle of his brow. The Negishi (Negoro)
ninja leaders Garidoshi (played by
Yoshio Yoshida) and Onime the
Bat (a one-eyed evil-doer with a shuriken for an eye-patch) also
projects an aura of menace.
Part
of the charm of this classic TV series is the poor dubbing of
English voices over the Japanese soundtrack!
TITLES OF THE EPISODES OF SEASON 8: 

Disc 1
:
MASTER NINJA
THE BOOK OF DEATH
THE FACE-STEALER
PROMISE OF DEATH
BUTTERFLY SPY
Disc 2
:
HOUSE OF NIGHT
THE CLUE
EXPLOSIVE GOLD
REIGN OF TERROR
THE SPIDER
Disc 3
:
THE SPIDER’S DAUGHTER
THE PHANTOM CAPTIVE
LORD OF NIGHT
NINJA TRAINING
FEATURING

: 
Koichi Ose, Fuyukichi Maki, Shunsuke Omori, Bin
Amatsu.
LANGUAGE:  English (dubbed).
Dubbing is out of sync (like it was back when it aired in the
1960's).
SPECS
: FULLSCREEN (4:3) format - 
Region 0 PAL
(NOT
NTSC) - 
RATING
: No rating.
 
DISCLAIMER
:

This custom made DVD set comes from a private
collection.
THERE IS NO ART COVER WITH THIS DVD AND IT IS SOLD IN A
PLASTIC SLEEVE, NO DVD BOX/CASE. The DVD surface is white
with no artwork/printing/name on it and is of top
quality. May not work with Playstations 1/2/3 and/or Xbox
consoles and/or older DVD players (before 2004).

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GOOD PRINT!
 
 
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