![]() ![]() You Only Live Twice was the conclusion of Fleming’s “Blofeld trilogy” where Bond finally gets revenge on his arch nemesis and murderer of his bride. The film marked a significant departure from Ian Fleming’s original novel. In 1967, You Only Live Twice introduced Bond (Sean Connery in his final appearance as 007 in an Eon Production) to a clan of ninja accomplices. The immigration of ninjas to Hollywood goes back to none other than James Bond. Like Snake Eyes, that was a creation story circling around a ninja rivalry. In 2019, director Yoshitaka Yamaguchi delivered his highly regarded dual ninja films, Last Ninja: Red Shadow and Last Ninja: Blue Shadow. There are literally hundreds of Japanese ninja films – anime, classic historical, modern depictions, tokusatsu stories, even a whole sub-genre of erotic ninja films.Īnd ninja movies are still popular in Japan. Who can deny the impact of Naruto? And as anyone who has seen it knows – Batman Ninja is an uncommon treat of an anime mash-up. Ninjas still proliferate Japanese cinema, especially in anime. In Japan, ninja films are part of their venerated cinematic category known as Jidai-geki, or “period dramas.” Silent Japanese movies about ninjas can be found as early as the 1910s – silent like Snake Eyes himself. Joe franchise, Snake Eyes rides on the cloak tails of a massive colorful genre (even if that color is mostly black splattered with sanguineous red). Nowadays, most new ninja films go straight to streaming so to see one on the big screen is quite a treat for fans of the genre.Ībove and beyond the G.I. But with the advent of home entertainment, those cheap flea-ridden theater seats atop soda-sticky floors are long gone. Campy, low budget ninja pictures were popular fare there back then, right alongside slasher films and teen sex comedies. Back in the 1980, ninja films proliferated when second and third-run movie theaters ruled. They are pigeon-holed as B-grade movie fodder, and justifiably so. Ninja films rarely earn a theatrical showing anymore. Joe Origins is a dazzling return to the underrated ninja genre – a breakout premiere in the shadow of the pandemic. It’s been a long time since we’ve been to the movies and an even longer time since we’ve seen a ninja flick on the big screen. ![]()
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