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Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave is the worst kind of Brucesploitation there is. They haven’t even bothered to include any scenes with Bruce Lee anywhere in the picture. What you get is lightning hitting Bruce Lees Grave and that’s all…it’s over in like thirty seconds. The rest of the film regards a Kung Fu instructor tracking down a few thugs who he believes have murdered his friend. He has to fight his way...
The thing about referring to Sho Kosugi as a ninja on the cover is of course a way to market the movie. It’s the same for me. I mention Sho Kosugi and Ninja in the same sentence to try to get your attention. Did I succeed? The fact is that this movie has very little to do with ninjas as I see it. There is the occasional throwing star but that’s about it. There is...
The first film I ever saw with Sho Kosugi was a flick called Ninja III – The Domination. The VHS copy was a fourth or fifth-generation copy so the quality was pretty messed up (the Blu-ray edition is now among my belongings). I liked the story though and I have been hooked on Ninja flicks ever since. Not that I have many in my collection but I’m in no hurry. The Other day I got...
