With glorious shaw sets, breathtaking choreography, a breakneck pace, and a brutality never before seen in a chang film, five element ninjas is the frenetic, bloodthirsty, completely insane exploration of singleminded vengeance, trading the conceits of loyalty, honor, and brotherhood for a bloodsoaked mountain of bodies. The broadcast version of the film edits the scene where the heroes rip the lead. A young martial artist seeks revenge on the ninja who kills his martial arts brothers and teacher. One by one they are done away with in a most militant style. The wood ninjas hidden inside the trees the water ninjas with their subsurface techniques the fire ninjas with their plumes of smoke the earth ninjas with their underground surprise. When five ninjas whose fighting styles are based on natural elements unleash. Two warring clan leaders challenge each other to a tournament involving their best fighters. Aug, 2012 five element ninjas 1982 shaw brothers original trailer aka super ninjas director. He meets up with an old master wellversed in the ways of the ninja. Five element ninjas when a quintet of nasty ninjas hellbent on world domination nearly massacres an entire clan, its lone survivor must take the path of revenge.
Five element ninjas 1982 april 16, 2015 cjlines as ive mentioned before, one crucial theory of ninjology is that the given answer to the perennial question of whats a ninja. Ricky cheng, lo meng, shou tin hou, michael chan, chen hei psi, yu tai pei. More weapons fighting that fists, this is a nonstop fighting, comical, and gruesome film with an outlandish ninjas. The story is a fantastic story complete with lots of action packed scenes displaying.
Lung tienhsing, chen tienchi, chen huimin the venoms were no more. This film was one of the directors best of his superheroic, grand. Dec 17, 2017 five element ninjas chinese super ninjas, classic clan versus clan action. Our heroes battle against an array of ninjas, all based off the five elements. Five elements ninjas is a 1982 hong kong martial arts film directed by chang cheh. Finland april 20 night visions film festival finland 21 april 20 cinemadrome film festival also known as aka. Five elements ninjas 1982 shaw brothers official trailer. Together the four pupils face the five element ninja challenge. Five element ninjas on bluray 6315951280 from tokyo shock. One clan loses heavily, and in revenge employs the services of the five element ninjas. Five element ninjas 1982 stream and watch online moviefone.
Five elements ninjas 1982 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Aside from that, five element ninjas 1982 is my favorite film of its kind. I feel like the highermore ridiculous the concept of a cheh film, the more enjoyable it is. Five element ninjas 1982stream and watch online moviefone. Released 1982, five element ninjas stars meng lo, waiman chan, ke chu, tienchi cheng the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 47 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. The movies primary villains, the five element ninjas, display some very cool techniques that despite the limitations of inherent in the 1982 hong kong special effects kept me very entertained. Five complete elements, one surviving ninja, what could possibly go wrong. Two schools rivalry comes to a bloody end when the master of the evil school chen hei psi hires a group of deadly ninjas led by michael chan to kill the members of the other. The film successfully makes itself look as if an anime show or a videogame were brought into liveaction.
In the early 80s, there was a whole slew of ninja movies from both the east and the west. Find movie and film cast and crew information for five element ninjas 1982 cheh chang on allmovie. Five element ninjas is a legend amongst fans of asian cult fare and for once, the legend lives up to the hype. This is my second chang cheh film after the five venoms and im still not impressed. Check out this behind the scenes look at bad boys for life read more. This is a pretty silly film overall, with ninjas pretending to be trees, dressing in brightly coloured uniforms, and convenient secret tools and. Zachary curls rating of the film five element ninja zachary curl the only thing that truly holds this film back is that the main character is such an unlikable jagoff that you just want the ninjas to win so bad. Director chang cheh puts on display the talents of cheng. He finds help in the form of a new teacher who knows ninjitsu and new brothers. This is one of the top shaw brothers movies of all times. Sep 05, 2017 this is a pretty silly film overall, with ninjas pretending to be trees, dressing in brightly coloured uniforms, and convenient secret tools and weapons just when the heroes require them.
Five elements ninjas 1982 is available on netflix united states. The shaolin temple 1982, duel of the iron fist 1971, the new one armed swordsman. Trolls world tour, like a boss and recommendations for easter and passover. See the full list of five element ninjas cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. When the five element ninjas whose fighting styles are based on the natural elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth unleash their fury on a rival school, lone survivor shao tienhao vows deadly revenge. Five element ninjas 1982 letterboxd your life in film. Five element ninjas 1982 a young martial artist seeks revenge against the ninja who murdered his master. Aside from that, five element ninjas 1982 is my favorite film of its. Chang chehs five element ninjas is one of the most impressive and cult martial arts films of all time. The ninjas dutifully defeat the hitherto victorious clan and then turn on their employers. This kungfu effort is almost exuberant in its flamboyant weirdness. Also known as aka 12 release dates hong kong 21 april 1982.
Two warring clans challenge each other to a tournament, employing a wide array of martial arts weaponry. Five element ninjas chinese super ninjas, classic clan versus clan action. May 24, 2018 exponentially upping his venoms formula, chang introduced a second quintet. The storyline hurls the audience headlong into a steadilypaced array of bizarre fighting techniques, exotic weaponry and frequent outbreaks of gory handtohand combat.
The athletics are wonderful, the actors are all incredibly pretty, but the plot doesnt exactly make a lot of sense. After five years and more than a dozen films together, the only one of the original five who proved so successful for the director was the muscleman lo meng. Le film five element ninjas 1982 vostfr admin 20170501t18. To showcase his incredibly agile new star, cheng tienchi, veteran, venerated martial arts movie director chang. Evil ninjas who attack with, and from, fire, sun, wood, water, and the ground brutally slaughter a noble chinese kungfu schools students. The film is about a chinese martial arts school finds itself outclassed by. The film is about a chinese martial arts school finds itself outclassed by their rivals, they hire elite ninja from japan to destroy the school. One clan loses heavily, and in revenge employs the services of the five element ninjas, whose fighting styles are based on the five chinese elements gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Five element ninjas 1982 posters the movie database. Apr 16, 2015 five element ninjas 1982 april 16, 2015 cjlines as ive mentioned before, one crucial theory of ninjology is that the given answer to the perennial question of whats a ninja.
Five element ninjas is far above average and is a must for even the most jaded of martial artaction fans. When five ninjas whose fighting styles are based on natural elements unleash their fury on a rival school, a lone survivor vows deadly revenge. Five element ninjas 1982 posters the movie database tmdb. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Most video versions such as chinese super ninja and super ninjas are the pg cut. This is the newest hd version with subtitles, i uploaded this version as i thought. With the weapons roster accordingly augmented, chang also incorporates femme fatale chen pei hsi into this allstopsout ride about a blood feud between martial arts schools. One can see the huge influence that five element ninjas had on one of japans best mangas, the 1993 film known as ninja scroll in english. With all manner of cool weaponry, and superbly choreographed fighting throughout, all taken to crazy extremes by director cheh, five element ninjas is a seriously enjoyable movie, with a satisfyingly brutal finale that sees all of the ninjas being kicked, punched, sliced, diced and literally torn limb from limb by shao tienhao and his buddies. For this production, cheh went crazy with his imagination and this works in the films favor. However, for me five element ninjas is easily one of the best because it not only delivers the goods, but is a very well crafted quality production. Exponentially upping his venoms formula, chang introduced a second quintet. Five element ninjas 1982 shaw brothers original trailer aka super ninjas director. Chinese super ninja, chinese super ninjas, super ninjas 1982.
The one survivor finds a teacher and four students who are ninjitsu experts. Le film five element ninjas 1982 vostfr film complet. May 01, 2017 le film five element ninjas 1982 vostfr admin 20170501t18. Some of the wirework is sloppy although some of it is quite well done. This was chang chehs first film not featuring the venom mob, but he.