From Cannon classics to cut-and-paste ninjatrocities, this is the story of the 1980s ninja boom: why it happened, why it was awesome... but not why it involved so many moustaches. I still haven't figured that out.
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00:00 Intro
03:20 Patient Zero
07:00 Enter the Italian
10:40 Only a Ninja Can Destroy a Ninja
14:20 Early Asia
20:50 Early Europe
25:00 Godfrey Who?
29:10 Cut & Paste - The Ninjamatic!
36:10 The Knights of Justice
41:30 Original Movies
45:35 Back to Reality: American Ninja
49:50 Sho
55:50 Alexander Freaking Lau
01:00:30 Kids' Movies
01:03:50 Mop Up