T his is a site devoted to The Samurai, the Japanese TV series of the 1960s which was such a hit in Australia. It is constantly evolving as I find more information or add things I think fans of the show would like or find interesting. It began life as a fanzine published in 1988 which in turn was based on an article I wrote for Multiverse. In 1999, I scanned the fanzine and published it on my web site and have been adding to it ever since so that now it doesn't bear much resemblance to the original.

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The following pages have been extensively revised to bring them up to date. Lots has happened - the SBS documentary (2009), all 128 episodes released to DVD by Siren with option of listening to Japanese dialogue or the dubbed version (2010), the 50th anniversary book. Onmitsu Kenshi ima koko ni yomigaeru, (2012) 50th anniversary celebrations in Brisbane (2015), a Japanese documentary team coming to do a story on Australian fans which was broadcast in 2016 (and seen by Ose Koichi), and Ose's Sydney visit where he arranged to meet his fans (Dec. 2016): The Phenomenon in Japan and the Phenomenon in Australia plus the new page, Gone But Not Forgotten which takes the stoy of The Samurai in Australia right up to the present from VHS releases in the 1980s, to fanzines, to a litle known visit by Ose Koichi to Melbourne in 1989, to anniversary events, the release of all 128 episodes to DVD including an optional Japanese version, fan gatherings, a Facebook group, documentaries and another visit by Mr Ose in 2016, this time to Sydney.

Join The Samurai Facebook group to keep up with what's happening.

Phantom Agents LINKS

Glen Johnson's Samurai site

Milesago Samurai page

Rocket's Samurai site

Glen Johnson's Phantom Agents site

plus a site devoted to the ninja film series

Shinobi no mono

IMDB has page plus comments on The Samurai

Two Facebook entries The more interesting one is a group at http://www.facebook.com/?sk=app_2309869772#!/group.php?gid=95863139628 where people can discuss the show, post pictures, etc. The other item is a page which simply describes the show's history, based on Wikipedia, this website, etc.

Heroic Cinema's review of the the Fuma Ninja DVD set.

TV Tonight has a section on Shintaro! with comments.

Here is a Philippino remembrance of the series (it was big there, too)

Vintage Ninja.net An American site which does what it says on the tin, looks at ninja in all different media. This is the page on The Samurai

There's a Wikipedia entry now (as of Nov. 2009 with information used from this siter with permission)

Monkey (Saiyuki ) A great site devoted to all aspects of this popular 1978 Japanese TV series starring Sakai Masaaki. (Includes article on the series I wrote for Multiverse #6)