Tombei the mist biography of martin
Peter named his budgie after the Samurai's side-kick, Tombei the mist....
VN REVISITED: A ‘Tonbei the Mist’ Primer
I reposted this fantastic publicity still of Maki Fuyukichi as Tonbei the Mist from Greg Newman over at the Facebook “The Samurai” Group.
Onmitsu Kenshi (隠密剣士, The Spy Swordsman") was a Japanese TV series shown on TBS-TV until It was extremely popular in.
Got a lot of attention, so I thought this would be a good time to revisit a 2009 article we did, exposing Australia’s #1 ninja folk hero to North American audiences unfamiliar.
(originally published June 2009)
Once upon a time, there was a ground-breaking Japanese TV series called Onmitsu Kenshin (or Onmitsu kenshi), starring Koichi Ose as Shintaro, wandering samurai detective protecting his half-brother the Shogun from various conspiracies and assassins.
It was popular in Japan, but when the series shifted gears and integrated ninja as both friend and foe, it blew up and as The Samurai became an international sensation.
International?
Sure, it had a HUGE English-speaking fan base! How could you forget in 1965 when those early seasons were dubb