Why the ninjas in kung fu films were almost always villains – think Shaw Brothers’ Five Elements Ninjas and Heroes of the East

Why the ninjas in kung fu films were almost always villains – think Shaw Brothers’ Five Elements Ninjas and Heroes of the East

South China Morning Post - Culture·2022-02-20 07:04

In Japan ninja films were social dramas, but Hong Kong filmmakers saw ninjas as ‘foreign devils’ and the perfect invaders for a hero to resist, an expert says

That is so in Shaw Brothers’ Heroes of the East and Five Elements Ninjas, but in Japanese co-production Ninja in the Dragon’s Den the ninja character is noble

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