Shintaro The Samurai "Intro"

[retrocleo]

I remember watching this great show in Melbourne Australia on channel 9 at 6am during the mid 70's. I always wanted to jump onto the roof of the house when I got older. A friend of mine recalls not only the gum cards , but also cardboard stars given away by channel 9 promoting the show.

[fjbutch]

loved this show,,still do... great post...

[aupian94]

Yeah I watched this in the 70's when i was growing up in the Philippines the Iga and the Koga Ninja.

[denidowi]

I think this show was the beginnings of matial arts movies etc around the world; wasn't it??

[kimboparker]

a gun is a last resort!...remember we're Phantom Agents!

chuckle; that was part of the opening creds - the boss chastising one of the phantom agents for pulling their piece.

cheers,

Kimbo

[Garidoshi]

Any fan can relive the entire series now. JB HiFi have the lot. They weren't lost in a fire. That was the Phantom Agents. I saw Shintaro live at the Sydney stadium in '67. Will never forget the thrill when he made his entrance. The greatest thrill of my young life. The only regret was there was no Tombay. D love to know more about him.

[gainguide]

@Garidoshi

yes! Phamtom Agents.

[jenk1255]

I remember buying the Saurai chewing gum cards....am i alone in this memory?

[midcitygym]

@jenk1255 had a great collection of these cards, the excitement of opening a new pack on a summers arvo after school! great memories

[aus880]

Sadly Channel 9 in Sydney lost its copies of this show in a fire

was a great series, i remember the jam tin star knives too

[jeewadj]

can some please please tel me where i can download this serious 1

[KingFahtah]

I wish there was more of this on y.t.

[kimboparker]

i watched this series after school in Perth W.Aust  about 40 years ago...there was some 'merchandising' even way back then....because mum got me a black ninja suit which even had the 'michaael jackson' black mask,,,it came with plastic swords, long and short as well as 3 throwing stars.....

ta for vid, showed my 6 yo daughter.

cheers

[PogoMorgan]

I improvised by making my star knives out of jam tin lids, kinda dangerous in hindsight, amazed my parents let me get away with it.

[AccordGTR]

@PogoMorgan Me too although we made it out of metal plates with carpenter's chisel. I was only like maybe 6 or 8 years old at the time. We used to play "Ninja" at night and spy on our maids. hahaha

[thefutureisvegan]

This was a great series. Another excellent one form Japan in the 60's was the "Phantom Agents".

[4boysmom]

Thanks for posting. This show was also very popular in the Philppines (dubbed in English) in the 1960s.

[ShinobiWolf2012]

Thanks to both of you for watching, it is indeed a wonderful show, one of the many classic series from Japan during the 60's....so many great ones!

[nikthekat]

one of my fave tv shows

[nomoresurfingforyou]

If I recall correctly, "The Samurai" was first broadcast during evening prime time in Oz, but later moved to weekday afternoons. I used to watch it after school. I also recall some of the cast visiting Oz to do performances at places like Melbourne's Festival Hall. If the show didn't export much beyond Oz and the Philippines, it could hardly have been worthwhile producing an English-dubbed version. What an unlikely show it was to be embraced by whitebread Aussie kids, though.

[KingFahtah]

apperently koichi ose's airport arrival had a bigger turn out than the beatles

[denidowi]

@KingFahtah He was brilliant - and the Samurai was HUGE in AustraliaLOL

[ShinobiWolf2012]

LOL, Thanks bro, yeah it was kind of an experiment, but came out fairly well, especially on the audio end, so I said why not... Great show though man.

[THESTORMWOLF9]

Very Good Brother ShinobiWolf!!!!*****