Shintaro
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The
SAMURAI
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Onmitsu Kenshi
Last revised: March 14, 2009.
| Back in the 1960's, one of the biggest programs on
Australian TV was The Samurai with Shintaro - the master swordsman and his
faithful sidekick Tombei the Mist - of the Iga Ninja.
Produced in Japan and
dubbed into English, this program had a style all its own.
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Shintaro fights
off a surprise attack
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When the star
Koichi Ose visited Melbourne he had a bigger crowd turned out
than for the Beatles.
Now that the series
is starting to be released on video and DVD,
serious collectors may like to have a checklist of the original
episodes.
The links below
will allow you to browse (or download) both an episode checklist
and an alphabetical cross reference. The latter is useful because
the retail video cassette numbers do not correspond to the
original chronology.
Tombei is attacked with blinding snow !
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Browse
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Theme
Music :
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I know nothing about music,
but if you ignore key, tempo and instrumentation,
I reckon there is a similarity between
THIS BIT of the Samurai theme
and the opening of the theme from
Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
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Series
Credits :
CHARACTER
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ACTOR
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ENGLISH
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Shintaro ...
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Koichi
Ose |
...William Ross
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Tombei (the Mist) ...
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Fuyukichi Maki
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Kongo of Koga ...
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Bin
Amatsu |
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Script...
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Yasushi
Kato, Masaru Igami |
Directors...
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Sadao
Funatoko, ToruToyama.
Asst: Akira Kikuchi. |
Music...
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Hirooki
Agawa |
Exec. Producer...
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Toshio
Kobayashi |
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2009
- February News
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A spin-off
feature film has now been released on DVD in a subtitled version
"Detective Fencer"
:-
"While helping a
wounded agent of the Iga NinjaShintaro is attacked by
Koga , agents who think he received an item that they
had already killed in an effort to obtain.
"The dying Iga ninja had whispered a cryptic
phrase to him; something that would lead him into the
middle of an attempt to overthrow the Shogunate and
threaten his very life.
"Can Shintaro's expert swordsmanship defeat the
deadly skills of the Koga Ninjaassassins , a group of
heartless like no other?"
Available From:-
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2007 - August
Siren
Visual Entertainment advise END OF AVAILABILITY of their range of Samurai DVDs !
"We’re
going to have to stop selling Samurai DVDs as of the end
of September. After this, the series will be again out of
print."
"...Season 1 is officially completely sold out!
If you are looking for seasons 2-6 better order them now
before you miss out completely..."
Further info can be found on their web site :-
So fellow fans of
Shintaro, get in for your chop now !
2003 - Series 1 & 2 DVDs
- became availaable in BOX SETS !
2002 - DVD
ANNOUNCEMENT
from
SIREN VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT:
"Siren Visual Entertainment, as of
Friday 22nd of March,
has contracted for 6 consecutive series of THE SAMURAI,"
to be released from September/October 2002.
"The tapes have been remastered,
although still not pristine they are improved from what
has previously been available and the sound quality is
noticeably better.
"They will be DVD releases, however VHS will be
considered, if demand is high enough. 13 episodes, from
each series, will be available on either 3 or 4 dvd's/vhs."
http://www.sirenvisual.com.au
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TV Week 1969
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A small
selection of episodes were previously released on VHS by Siren
Entertainment, some of which were show on FOXTEL - http://www.foxtel.com.au
Checkout
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The Samurai was originally
produced by Senkosha
Productions Tokyo from 1962
to 1965. This has now become Senkosha Advertising. At time of
writing the rights had been held by Galaxy Films (If any-one
knows their web address please let me know).
Many
thanks to Nikki White ("Ninja in the Belfry" 1988)
Go
Up to :
WebMaster's email-id
is rj4oz-web at
yahoo.com.au
This is an AMATEUR fan site, operating under FAIR USE
provision.
It is NOT associated with Senkosha, Galaxy Films, Siren
Entertainment, Scanlens or any of the licencees or holders of
whatever rights. All trademarks and copyright belong to their
respective owners. No attempt is made to supersede copyright, etc,
etc. Kam Pie.
