Gold Ninja Video Discussion Thread - Blu-ray Forum

deltatauhobbit · 08-13-2021, 11:53 PM

Gold Ninja Video

An independent distributor based out of Canada.
They mostly release public domain films on BD-r with newly created special features.
They also release more recent micro-budget independent films.

The vintage releases so far have been SD instead of HD since they use existing public sources.
Gold Ninja Video concluded an IndieGoGo campaign in which they raised enough to buy a film scanner for doing 2K scans of future releases.

Titles in Italics are OOP.

The Dragon Lives Again - Limited To 125
The Three Stooges in Public Do-Mania - Limited To 200
Kung Fu Zombie - Limited To 200
Flesh Freaks / Kill Them and Eat Them - Limited To 200
Roger Corman - The Auteur - Limited To 200
Wolf Devil Director - The Films of Pearl Chang - Limited To 200
Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla - Limited To 200
Local Legends - Limited To 300 - Includes bonus film Obtuse Todd
Thundering Mantis - Limited To 200 - Includes bonus film The Victim
Death Warrior - Limited To 200
Mangoshake - Limited To 300
Strangler of the Swamp - Limited To 200
Holy Virgin vs. Evil Dead - Limited To 300
Edgar G. Ulmer's Bluebeard - Limited To 200 - Includes bonus film Club Havana
Ninja Vortex - A Godfrey Ho and Friends Treasury - Limited To 300
And God Said to Cain - Limited To 300
Creature from Black Lake - Limited To 300 - Includes bonus film The Devil Master
Don't Let The Riverbeast Get You! - Limited To 500 - Includes bonus film Druids Druids Everywhere
Wargod - Limited To 300
A Sweet and Vicious Beauty - Limited To 500
Blood of the Dragon - Limited To 300
Unlucky Stars - Limited To 500
The Other Side of Gary Graver - Limited To 500 - Includes bonus film Texas Lightning
Kung Fu Wonder Child - Limited To 500 - Includes bonus film Dragonball: The Magic Begins
Killer Queen - Limited To 500
Fury of Achilles - Limited To 500 - Includes bonus film The Trojan Horse
Jackiesploitation - A Treasury of Jackie Chan Inspired Rip-Offs and Copy Cats - Limited To 800
The Mad Monster - Limited To 500
Dinosaurs in a Mining Facility - Limited To 500
Teddy Bomb
Impossible Horror
Personal Space Invader - Limited To 500 - Includes bonus film Personal Space Invader 2
Thrilling Bloody Sword - Limited To 800 - 2K Scan of 35mm - Includes bonus film Incredible Kung Fu Mission
Metal Detector Maniac - Limited To 800 - Includes bonus film Heard She Got Married
Skip Tracer - Limited To 800 - 2K Scan of 35mm - Includes bonus film Passion
Duel on the River - Limited To 500
The Iron Dragon Strikes Back - Limited To 800 - 2K Scan of 35mm - Includes bonus film The Lama Avenger
Revengeful Swordswoman - Limited To 900 - 2K Scan of 35mm
Honeycomb - Limited To 500
Freaky Farley - 2K Scan of 16mm Negative
White Zombie - Limited To 500 - 2K Scan of Battered 16mm
King of the Bullwhip - Limited To 800 - 2K Scan of 35mm
Phantom Kung Fu - Limited To 900 - 2K Scan of 35mm
Magic Spot - Limited To 500
Heard She Got Murdered - Limited To 500

jmilo61 · 08-14-2021, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by deltatauhobbit

Gold Ninja Video

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Nice. Was planning to make this thread myself sometime soon. Glad you're on it though. Good looking first post.

Exciting time for this label right now after the uber-successful crowd funding campaign.

starsteam · 08-14-2021, 01:12 AM

Wouldn't this belong in the Canadian subforum? I was looking for this thread there last week but never found one.

I actually just bought my first two releases by them the other day (Wargod and Dinos in a Mine Facility). Interested to see what else they'll do.

jmilo61 · 08-14-2021, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by starsteam

Wouldn't this belong in the Canadian subforum? I was looking for this thread there last week but never found one.

I actually just bought my first two releases by them the other day (Wargod and Dinos in a Mine Facility). Interested to see what else they'll do.

I think it fits better under Studios and Distributors, as they are a North American Studio and Distributor after all.

And while they are located in Canada, their releases aren't necessarily Canadian specific in any real way.

Six one way/half a dozen the other kinda thing in the end probably.

deltatauhobbit · 08-14-2021, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by jmilo61

I think it fits better under Studios and Distributors, as they are a North American Studio and Distributor after all.

And while they are located in Canada, their releases aren't necessarily Canadian specific in any real way.

Six one way/half a dozen the other kinda thing in the end probably.

That was my thinking, they’re a studio/distributor so that’s why it’s in this subforum. Since all threads in that subforum are visible in the main forum, it’ll also give them more visibility.

I’m certainly interested in what they’ll do once they get the scanner. Their current releases are pretty eclectic so having those kinds of titles in HD will be a vast improvement, even if they don’t bother to do any restoration on those scans.

Amerrit · 08-19-2021, 02:12 PM

I've picked up all of their releases since I got into them around the Kung Fu Zombie/Flesh Freaks releases, love these guys. Pretty excited to see what they can do with scanning prints now.

Amerrit · 08-19-2021, 05:26 PM

I guess we also have a place to speculate on future releases now! From the indiegogo they we know the intend to release the following:

***SECRET 1980s TAIWANESE ACTION FILM***: Get ready for full-on brain melt. It’s a cult classic in psychotronic film-loving circles that has never been released on DVD or VHS - and has only ever been available in very fuzzy versions. Gold Ninja Video will do a new 2K scan in a 35mm print and present it subtitled and in its original aspect ratio for the first time!

A new HD scan of a Bruceploitation Picture in widescreen for the first time ever!

A new HD scan of a classic Poverty Row-style Western that has never been released on Blu-ray!

A new HD scan of an old-school kung fu barn burner.

For the Taiwanese Action Film, although I'm not 100% on the never been released on DVD or VHS bit I think it has to be Fantasy Mission Force. It certainly fits the cult classic in psychotronic film-loving circles part.

The Bruceploitation picture would be Fist of Fury Part 2 I think just where I know there is a widescreen version floating around online now, even though it's never been released that way.

No clue on the Poverty Row-style Western. Poverty Row studios cranked out more westerns than anything else, and only a fraction if any have made it to blu-ray before.

I think the kung fu barn burner is Shaolin vs Lama just based on the image on the indiegogo page, I'm 90% certain that's a still from that movie.

Liersi · 08-19-2021, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Amerrit

I think the kung fu barn burner is Shaolin vs Lama just based on the image on the indiegogo page, I'm 90% certain that's a still from that movie.

Make that 100%. That's Alexander Lou from a famous lobby card of the film:

Justin Decloux · 08-21-2021, 02:36 AM

Thanks so much for putting all the titles in the Blu-ray.com database!

Nice snooping on the image! But I sadly have to say it isn't SHAOLIN VS. LLAMA, as I screwed up on the image selection, but you're mighty close... That film does exist on a pretty good-looking DVD and there's a High Def scan that screened with RZA commentary, so maybe it's on its way from another label.

Liersi · 08-21-2021, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Justin Decloux

Thanks so much for putting all the titles in the Blu-ray.com database!

Nice snooping on the image! But I sadly have to say it isn't SHAOLIN VS. LLAMA, as I screwed up on the image selection, but you're mighty close... That film does exist on a pretty good-looking DVD and there's a High Def scan that screened with RZA commentary, so maybe it's on its way from another label.

Hey Justin, thanks for responding. Sad news, but thank you for not letting the rumor grow any bigger. Looking forward to whatever it is. I'm a bit sad I missed the IGG campaign, but I'm sure there'll be a way to get them when they materialise. Good luck, and thank you for working on these.

Amerrit · 08-21-2021, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin Decloux

Thanks so much for putting all the titles in the Blu-ray.com database!

Nice snooping on the image! But I sadly have to say it isn't SHAOLIN VS. LLAMA, as I screwed up on the image selection, but you're mighty close... That film does exist on a pretty good-looking DVD and there's a High Def scan that screened with RZA commentary, so maybe it's on its way from another label.

I’ll change my guess to Shaolin Temple against Lama then

Justin Decloux · 08-22-2021, 10:20 PM

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For the Taiwanese Action Film, although I'm not 100% on the never been released on DVD or VHS bit I think it has to be Fantasy Mission Force. It certainly fits the cult classic in psychotronic film-loving circles part.

The Bruceploitation picture would be Fist of Fury Part 2 I think just where I know there is a widescreen version floating around online now, even though it's never been released that way

You definitely know my tastes! But I have to rain on the parade and say it isn't either of those.

I would kill to be able to release FANTASY MISSION FORCE, but it's already been gifted beautiful-looking Blu-rays in Germany and Japan.

The same goes for FIST OF FURY 2 - which I believe has made its way to DVD (And maybe even Blu-ray?) in Germany. I would love to know what vault all those distributors are raiding for such good-looking transfers!

Amerrit · 08-23-2021, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Justin Decloux

You definitely know my tastes! But I have to rain on the parade and say it isn't either of those.

I would kill to be able to release FANTASY MISSION FORCE, but it's already been gifted beautiful-looking Blu-rays in Germany and Japan.

The same goes for FIST OF FURY 2 - which I believe has made its way to DVD (And maybe even Blu-ray?) in Germany. I would love to know what vault all those distributors are raiding for such good-looking transfers!

Haha, it’s no fun if I get the guesses right on the first go anyway. What this tells me is that I need to start paying attention to what’s getting released over in Germany and look at getting a region free player.

jmilo61 · 08-26-2021, 10:06 PM

Ya'll see dis?

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Originally Posted by Gold Ninja Facebook

Coming soon to Blu-ray in a new 2K Scan from a 35MM print: THRILLING BLOODY SWORD.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0122286/

Mushi Minion · 08-26-2021, 10:25 PM

I don't even know what this is but

jmilo61 · 08-26-2021, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mushi Minion

I don't even know what this is but

Pretty much where I'm at with it. The imdb synopsis and the top review only further piqued my interest.

The world is not ready for Gold Ninja Video to have a film scanner.

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Amerrit · 08-27-2021, 12:40 AM

Never heard of it, but man this looks right up my alley.

starsteam · 08-27-2021, 12:50 AM

Welp, gonna be buying that. And any other Asian monster films. Had fun with the booklet that came with Wargod.

Rayjg · 08-27-2021, 01:51 AM

I wish these were pressed now that they’re film elements.

Justin Decloux · 08-27-2021, 01:05 PM

I wish they were pressed too!

But I can assure you the highest quality discs are used (Verbatim BD-Rs) - and they are supposed to last a very long time. You can get really low-quality discs pressed (See, any bargain bin label) and the discs die very fast, while these won't. Burned discs get wonky when you're dealing with dual layers, but I don't, so it's not an issue and the quality is the same as a press.

The issue is to get a press you need to order 1,000 discs and I've 1) Never come close to have the demand for that much and 2) Do not have anywhere to store all those discs.

If the demand blows up, and I get around 1,000 pre-orders, I will do a press and make note of it on the website when I do, but it hasn't happened yet.

08-13-2021, 11:53 PM	#1
deltatauhobbit Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2014 Location:Maine, USA Home Theater Gallery:29 4K collection:297 Blu-ray collection:7832 DVD collection:224 Digital collection:976 Prime collection:80 Trading Score:6	Gold Ninja Video Discussion Thread Gold Ninja Video An independent distributor based out of Canada. They mostly release public domain films on BD-r with newly created special features. They also release more recent micro-budget independent films. The vintage releases so far have been SD instead of HD since they use existing public sources. Gold Ninja Video concluded an IndieGoGo campaign in which they raised enough to buy a film scanner for doing 2K scans of future releases. Titles in Italics are OOP. *The Dragon Lives Again* - Limited To 125 *The Three Stooges in Public Do-Mania* - Limited To 200 *Kung Fu Zombie* - Limited To 200 *Flesh Freaks / Kill Them and Eat Them* - Limited To 200 *Roger Corman - The Auteur* - Limited To 200 *Wolf Devil Director - The Films of Pearl Chang* - Limited To 200 *Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla* - Limited To 200 Local Legends - Limited To 300 - Includes bonus film Obtuse Todd *Thundering Mantis* - Limited To 200 - Includes bonus film The Victim *Death Warrior* - Limited To 200 Mangoshake - Limited To 300 *Strangler of the Swamp* - Limited To 200 *Holy Virgin vs. Evil Dead* - Limited To 300 *Edgar G. Ulmer's Bluebeard* - Limited To 200 - Includes bonus film Club Havana *Ninja Vortex - A Godfrey Ho and Friends Treasury* - Limited To 300 *And God Said to Cain* - Limited To 300 *Creature from Black Lake* - Limited To 300 - Includes bonus film The Devil Master Don't Let The Riverbeast Get You! - Limited To 500 - Includes bonus film Druids Druids Everywhere *Wargod* - Limited To 300 A Sweet and Vicious Beauty - Limited To 500 *Blood of the Dragon* - Limited To 300 Unlucky Stars - Limited To 500 The Other Side of Gary Graver - Limited To 500 - Includes bonus film Texas Lightning *Kung Fu Wonder Child* - Limited To 500 - Includes bonus film Dragonball: The Magic Begins Killer Queen - Limited To 500 Fury of Achilles - Limited To 500 - Includes bonus film The Trojan Horse Jackiesploitation - A Treasury of Jackie Chan Inspired Rip-Offs and Copy Cats - Limited To 800 The Mad Monster - Limited To 500 Dinosaurs in a Mining Facility - Limited To 500 Teddy Bomb Impossible Horror Personal Space Invader - Limited To 500 - Includes bonus film Personal Space Invader 2 *Thrilling Bloody Sword* - Limited To 800 - 2K Scan of 35mm - Includes bonus film Incredible Kung Fu Mission Metal Detector Maniac - Limited To 800 - Includes bonus film Heard She Got Married Skip Tracer - Limited To 800 - 2K Scan of 35mm - Includes bonus film Passion Duel on the River - Limited To 500 *The Iron Dragon Strikes Back* - Limited To 800 - 2K Scan of 35mm - Includes bonus film The Lama Avenger Revengeful Swordswoman - Limited To 900 - 2K Scan of 35mm Honeycomb - Limited To 500 Freaky Farley - 2K Scan of 16mm Negative *White Zombie* - Limited To 500 - 2K Scan of Battered 16mm King of the Bullwhip - Limited To 800 - 2K Scan of 35mm Phantom Kung Fu - Limited To 900 - 2K Scan of 35mm Magic Spot - Limited To 500 Heard She Got Murdered - Limited To 500 Last edited by deltatauhobbit; 10-25-2023 at 08:02 PM.

08-14-2021, 01:12 AM	#3
starsteam Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Sep 2015 Location:Alabama 4K collection:455 Blu-ray collection:5465 DVD collection:3246 Digital collection:1329 Trading Score:261	Wouldn't this belong in the Canadian subforum? I was looking for this thread there last week but never found one. I actually just bought my first two releases by them the other day (Wargod and Dinos in a Mine Facility). Interested to see what else they'll do.

08-19-2021, 02:12 PM	#6
Amerrit Active Member Member since:Aug 2019 Location:Fredericton, NB, Canada 4K collection:37 Blu-ray collection:426 DVD collection:31	I've picked up all of their releases since I got into them around the Kung Fu Zombie/Flesh Freaks releases, love these guys. Pretty excited to see what they can do with scanning prints now.

08-19-2021, 05:26 PM	#7
Amerrit Active Member Member since:Aug 2019 Location:Fredericton, NB, Canada 4K collection:37 Blu-ray collection:426 DVD collection:31	I guess we also have a place to speculate on future releases now! From the indiegogo they we know the intend to release the following: *SECRET 1980s TAIWANESE ACTION FILM*: Get ready for full-on brain melt. It’s a cult classic in psychotronic film-loving circles that has never been released on DVD or VHS - and has only ever been available in very fuzzy versions. Gold Ninja Video will do a new 2K scan in a 35mm print and present it subtitled and in its original aspect ratio for the first time! A new HD scan of a Bruceploitation Picture in widescreen for the first time ever! A new HD scan of a classic Poverty Row-style Western that has never been released on Blu-ray! A new HD scan of an old-school kung fu barn burner. For the Taiwanese Action Film, although I'm not 100% on the never been released on DVD or VHS bit I think it has to be Fantasy Mission Force. It certainly fits the cult classic in psychotronic film-loving circles part. The Bruceploitation picture would be Fist of Fury Part 2 I think just where I know there is a widescreen version floating around online now, even though it's never been released that way. No clue on the Poverty Row-style Western. Poverty Row studios cranked out more westerns than anything else, and only a fraction if any have made it to blu-ray before. I think the kung fu barn burner is Shaolin vs Lama just based on the image on the indiegogo page, I'm 90% certain that's a still from that movie.

08-21-2021, 02:36 AM	#9
Justin Decloux Member Member since:Oct 2019 Location:Toronto 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:61 DVD collection:64	Thanks so much for putting all the titles in the Blu-ray.com database! Nice snooping on the image! But I sadly have to say it isn't SHAOLIN VS. LLAMA, as I screwed up on the image selection, but you're mighty close... That film does exist on a pretty good-looking DVD and there's a High Def scan that screened with RZA commentary, so maybe it's on its way from another label.

08-26-2021, 10:25 PM	#15
Mushi Minion Banned Member since:Jun 2021 Trading Score:59	I don't even know what this is but

08-27-2021, 12:40 AM	#17
Amerrit Active Member Member since:Aug 2019 Location:Fredericton, NB, Canada 4K collection:37 Blu-ray collection:426 DVD collection:31	Never heard of it, but man this looks right up my alley.

08-27-2021, 12:50 AM	#18
starsteam Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Sep 2015 Location:Alabama 4K collection:455 Blu-ray collection:5465 DVD collection:3246 Digital collection:1329 Trading Score:261	Welp, gonna be buying that. And any other Asian monster films. Had fun with the booklet that came with Wargod.

08-27-2021, 01:51 AM	#19
Rayjg Blu-ray Champion Member since:Aug 2016	I wish these were pressed now that they’re film elements.

08-27-2021, 01:05 PM	#20
Justin Decloux Member Member since:Oct 2019 Location:Toronto 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:61 DVD collection:64	I wish they were pressed too! But I can assure you the highest quality discs are used (Verbatim BD-Rs) - and they are supposed to last a very long time. You can get really low-quality discs pressed (See, any bargain bin label) and the discs die very fast, while these won't. Burned discs get wonky when you're dealing with dual layers, but I don't, so it's not an issue and the quality is the same as a press. The issue is to get a press you need to order 1,000 discs and I've 1) Never come close to have the demand for that much and 2) Do not have anywhere to store all those discs. If the demand blows up, and I get around 1,000 pre-orders, I will do a press and make note of it on the website when I do, but it hasn't happened yet.

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