138 God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai
137 The Host
136 Memories
135 Purana Mandir
134 Revenge of the Ninja
133 Five Element Ninjas & The Super Ninja
132 Ninja in the Dragon's Den
131 Watari Ninja Boy & Samurai Reincarnation
130 Castle of Owls
Happy Holidays from Heroes Three! This week we are closing out 2024 with Marty's host pick, God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai directed by Wong Jing and starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, and Gong Li! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at HKMDB!Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blog post with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (3:00) Production background (6:36) Carlos and Matthew Initial Thoughts (8:40) Hong Kong cross talk with hollywood (11:01) Movie Thoughts (16:05) Gong Li: Too Hot for Taiwan? (26:22) Back to the movie (58:40) Possible releases in the US (1:01:14) Ng Man-tat and Stephen Chow (1:03:10) Final thoughts and plugs
Welcome back to Heroes Three! Host picks continue with Matthew's choice, and he brought the Bong Joon-ho monster film from 2006, The Host! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at IMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Making of The Host documentary Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:35) Carlos's "The Host" history (2:58) Marty's "The Host" History (8:01) The strengths of this movie (13:05) The cast (16:29) Carlos plot recap (20:18) Movie discussion (54:30) Final Thoughts (56:06) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three! Some host picks to close out the year and Carlos brings one of his all time favorites, Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories from 1995! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at Anime News Network! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blog post with gifs here! Making Memories Documentary Read the Memories short by Otomo here! Animation Obsessive's great writing on Magnetic Rose here! Weird cel wobble from Fist of the North Star Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:52) Why Memories (2:49) Carlos Memories memories (7:54) Marty's surprising Memories memories (11:27) Matthew's Memories first time (16:10) Production History (19:26) Based on a true story?? (20:53) Wrong info online (23:08) Magnetic Rose (37:11) Stink Bomb (52:54) Cannon Fodder (1:04:56) Final thoughts (1:09:51) Outro and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three, we make a brief Halloween diversion to look at Bollywood horror with the Ramsay Brothers' Purana Mandir (1984)! Watch it (stretched out but in full) on youtube Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:24) Raat thoughts (2:10) Purana Mandir discussion (37:42) Lily Li RIP (39:09) Outro and training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three! This week Summer of Ninja ENDS as we are joined by Leon from Hong Kong and Beyond to discuss the apex of 80s ninja cinema, Revenge of the Ninja from Sam Firstenberg and Cannon Films starring Sho Kosugi! Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Check out Leon and Shaz at Hong Kong & Beyond! YouTube & Podcast Full cast and credits at IMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:55) Our history with Revenge of the Ninja (9:26) Production Info (18:42) Revenge of the Ninja Trailer (20:14) Movie Recap (1:00:13) An aside on nunchucks (1:08:52) Back to the Movie (1:25:04) Leon plugs (1:26:36) Our plugs
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! The Summer of Ninja continues as we take on another double feature, Chang Cheh's Five Element Ninjas from 1982 and The Super Ninja from 1984-ish. Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at HKMDB & HKMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:12) Why these two (4:56) 5 Element Ninjas Reputation (7:07) Chang Cheh and Shaw Brothers (11:07) Chu Ko Choreo (13:32) 5 Element Ninjas Discussion (35:51) Break Time (38:27) The Super Ninja (57:19) Plugs and Training for Next Week
The Summer of Ninja doesn't stop here at Heroes Three podcast. This episode we are very excited to be joined by The Fanatical Dragon to discuss the directorial debut of the legendary Corey Yuen, Ninja in the Dragon's Den from 1982 starring Conan Lee and Hiroyuki Sanada! Check out The Fanatical Dragon on Youtube! The Fanatical Dragon Patreon Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full cast and credits at HKMDB! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Some great additional finds for the film at Vintage Ninja! Japanese Program Stills Part 1 and Part 2! Ninja Vinyl with a wonderful rip of Legend of a Ninja and it's B-side, Silver Moon! Full blog post with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:07) Seasonal films, Conan Lee, and Ng See Yuen (11:16) Releases of the film (16:12) Spanish dubs and new dub crew (21:28) BotVHS (22:04) Movie Recap (1:37:54) Fanatical Dragon Plugs (1:40:16) Johnny saying really nice stuff about us (1:41:43) Our plugs
Welcome back to the Summer of Ninja here at Heroes Three podcast. This week another guest emerges from the shadows to help us discuss a double feature of ninja magic! Joey Weiser is here to talk about both Watari, Ninja Boy from 1966, and Samurai Reincarnation from 1981! Full cast and credits - Watari and Makai Tensho Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find Joey Weiser and his work here! Tragic-Planet X and Instagram Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:48) Why these movies (2:35) Joey's history with these films (5:38) Carlos history with these films (6:55) Marty Thoughts Watari Ninja Boy (10:01) Marty Thoughts Makai Tensho (14:31) Matthew's thoughts (15:32) Watari Ninja Boy (41:10) Samurai Reincarnation Makai Tensho (1:08:14) Wrapping up (1:11:56) A brief bit on Ninja Scroll (1:14:49) Joey plugs! (1:17:09) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome back to the Summer of Ninja here at Heroes Three podcast. This week we are thrilled to be joined by Keith J Rainville, the masked lord of Vintage Ninja, to discuss the criminally under-represented Castle of Owls directed by Eiichi Kudo from 1963! Full cast and credits - HERE Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Make sure to head over to Vintage Ninja for all your ninja needs! Full blog post with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (2:17) Keith talks Vitage Ninja (8:26) Why Castle of Owls (21:14) BotVHS (22:05) Movie Recap (1:41:32) A brief bit about the remake (1:47:38) A prayer to the physical release gods (1:51:38) Go to vintageninja.net! (1:52:06) Plugs and training for next week
This week on Heroes Three podcast we begin the Summer of Ninja. Join us as we enter the shadows to discuss Shinobi no Mono from 1962 directed by Satsuo Yamamoto and starring Raizo Ichikawa! Full cast and credits - HERE Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Full blogpost with gifs here! You can get the Radiance Shinobi no Mono set here US or UK 🥷🥷🥷 Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:04) Ninja research (5:10) Our ninja history (15:10) BotVHS (15:42) Movie Recap (26:30) Carlos read the Book of Ninja (29:51) Back to the movie (1:13:04) Wrap up