As per dwk's post in the Arrow speculation thread, all titles announced are dual territory except for the 1987 Masters of the Universe, a US exclusive.
Opening lineup: Masters of the Universe, Ninja Wars, Roaring Fire, Guvyer 2 and Marshmellows
If Ninja Wars is the film I think it is, it has one of the all-time show-stopping set-pieces of its era, in which a ninja defeats an enemy by projectile-vomiting into his face, the vomit then instantly hardening into a lumpy yellow carapace. Which the ninja then raps with his knuckles and, laughing, says "You have seen the skill of a true ninja!"
MichaelB wrote: Sat May 23, 2026 8:49 am
If Ninja Wars is the film I think it is, it has one of the all-time show-stopping set-pieces of its era, in which a ninja defeats an enemy by projectile-vomiting into his face, the vomit then instantly hardening into a lumpy yellow carapace. Which the ninja then raps with his knuckles and, laughing, says "You have seen the skill of a true ninja!"
Indeed we have.
Imagine my surprise to see this isn't a Godfrey Ho cut-and-paste job starring Richard Harrison, but an actual Japanese action film starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Sonny Chiba!
I've just watched the Japanese trailer on Toy Robot's YouTube channel, and am delighted to confirm that it's definitely the same film, albeit with picture quality a gazillion miles ahead of the VHS rental copy I watched more than forty years ago.
The start of the projectile vomit scene is about a minute in.
MichaelB wrote: Sat May 23, 2026 12:44 pm
I've just watched the Japanese trailer on Toy Robot's YouTube channel, and am delighted to confirm that it's definitely the same film, albeit with picture quality a gazillion miles ahead of the VHS rental copy I watched more than forty years ago.
The start of the projectile vomit scene is about a minute in.
And the whole movie is up on Tubi if anyone wants to try it out before purchase.
Thanks for alerting us to Ninja Wars on Tubi, Mr Sausage. I thought this was an okay time waster and sleazier than expected, a bit too much for my liking. Misumi stages the bloodletting a lot better and more elegantly in his Lone Wolf and Cub entries than Saito does here.
Have to say that being in France, where there is a recent label called Roboto Films, and who has released recently Roaring Fire, seeing another label released it, being called Toy Robot, and having a typo on the Roaring Fire announcement saying it stars Sonny "China"...
I wondered originally if this was serious.
Masters of the Universe is one of my major nostalgia comfort blankets. Mind you, I first saw it when I was 5 and couldn't get past the first reveal of Skeletor - took me 4 years to see the rest of the movie!
