The complete reissue of the classic 60s series continues!
In the 1960s, an 18th century samurai named Shintaro appeared on Australian television screens. With TV in Australia barely ten years old, THE SAMURAI became a surprise hit - thousands of Australian kids tuned in each weekday afternoon at 3:30 to catch Shintaro and his ninja friend Tonbei battle rivals.. Samurai mania swept the nation with children crafting their own weaponry and wreaking havoc in playgrounds and backyards across the nation, while a visit from the show's star Koichi Ose resulted in thousands of fans flocking to greet the Samurai at airports across the country! For many years the complete 128 episodes have remained commercially elusive, but Siren Visual is proud to announce that THE SAMURAI: PHANTOM NINJA returns to Australia in 2010!
In Japan, 300 years ago, there were two secret societies of people who called themselves ninja. One group was called Iga the other Koga. They were professional spies and assassins, experts in acrobatics, swordsmanship, judo, karate and hypnotism. The secret scroll of the ninja had three basic rules:
To train your body to endure any hardship.
To forget all your friends and family and keep your real identity secret.
To accept death rather than divulge any of the secret s of the society of ninja.
SEASON EIGHT: PHANTOM NINJA
Fuma Kotaro returns under his new title, Kongo of Koga and is determined to destroy Lord Sadanobu of Edo. Seven Maboroshi Ninja from Phantom Valley are hired by Kongo to assassinate associates of Lord Sadanobu, all names listed in the Book of Death...and Tombei is a marked man! He's lucky Shintaro is by his side, though the words of a dying man bring grim news: beware the Lord of Night, beware the Maboroshi Ninja - aka PHANTOM NINJA! Originally airing on Australian screens in 1965, this is the very first time the PHANTOM NINJA story has been commercially available.
EPISODE LIST
Master Ninja
The Book of Death
The Face-Stealer
Promise of Death
Butterfly Spy
House of Night
The Clue
Explosive Gold
Reign of Terror
The Spider
The Spider's Daughter
Phantom Captive
Lord of Night
Ninja Training
