Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
Ninja III: The Domination is an American martial arts action horror film from 1984 directed by Sam Firstenberg. Starring Sho Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett, and James Hong. It is the third film in Cannon Films’ Ninja Trilogy anthology series.
Plot Ninja III: The Domination
Christie Ryder (Dickey), a telephone operator and aerobics instructor, is possessed by the evil spirit of the ninja warrior Hanjuro.
The spirit uses her body to carry out his revenge on the police officers who killed him. One of them is Billy Secord, who catches Christie’s eye yet cannot explain her preoccupation with Japanese culture. Out of options, they turn to a Japanese exorcist Miyashima, who manages to summon the ninja within her. The exorcist reveals he cannot force the spirit out of Christie, but that “only a ninja can destroy a ninja”. Christie and Billy are forced to seek the aid of Goro Yamada.
The three force the ninja out in a dangerous gambit that results in the spirit repossessing his own dead body and fighting Yamada to a fight to the death, finally freeing all three of the curse of the black ninja.
Notable scenes
The police confrontation in Ninja III: The Domination.
Making of Ninja III: The Domination
Shô Kosugi is an Ninpo practitioner and was the movie’s technical advisor and fight co-choreographer.
This was the final entry in the Golan-Globus Cannon Ninja trilogy. The first and second films were Enter the Ninja (1981) and Revenge of the Ninja (1983).
The eye patch Yamada wears is a Tsuba, a hand guard for a katana
Director Sam Firstenberg considered the film to be quite a failure for many reasons. The first being the fact that no fan of the first two Ninja films would buy Lucinda Dickey as a Ninja and a female hero. The second was the mishmash of Flashdance (1983), The Exorcist (1973), and a regular Ninja movie that didn’t gel at all.
A dummy was used for the Exorcism scene where Lucinda Dickey reveals the Black Ninja inside her.
Ninjutsu is “the art of invisibility”. .
Our view on Ninja III
Ninja III: The Domination From director Sam Firstenberg mixes martial arts with horror. Moreover, the horror side of the movie is not that good but the action part is very well done.The fight scenes are well-choreographed and the film is never boring.Highly recommended!. Exploitflix popcorn flic!
