Respect for Koichi Ose. Thank you so much for entertaining Aussie kids in the 1960s!

I'm 70 now but I still get goose bumps and a tear in my eye when I see Shintaro dressed in his Samurai gear stand with his two swords. It's all come back to me.

As a 8 year old boy Shintaro was the most dark and scarey show I'd seen, unlike anything else on TV after school. When ningas were killed they bled black blood. The score was intimidating, the cinematography was spooky. Spell binding - and my parents did not approve. What a wonderful memory. I happen to have a 10x12 black and white photo of Shintaro surrounded by Ningas on my wall in my study to this day. Loved this memory walk. Thanks so much for posting.

I only lived in Australia for a year, but I loved watching Shintaro the Samurai on TV.

I Worked At siverwater In sydney In 73/74 & I Remember One Friday Afternoon There Was A Big Fire With Big Black Smoke Clouds, When I Got Home I Saw On the News That A Film Storage Centre Had Burnt Down, After That Day There Was No More Phantom Agents Series Or Robin Hood With Richard Greene & Countless Other Shows That Were Not Seen Again Especially Once Colour Television Arrived On 1st March 1975, Shintaro Was Fleet Of Foot & Escaped To Be Seen Again On Video Tape & DVD

I was smitten with this show as a kid in the 60s. Used to get up early in the morning to watch it, I think it was on at like 7:00am or something. Plenty of time to catch it before school. Then I'd get to school and me and my friends would all talk about what cool stuff Shintaro and the ninjas had done that morning. I remember I had the whole set of Shintaro cards, BAR ONE. I was never able to get that last bloody card, but I went through a boatload of Scanlen's bubble gum along the way.

@markedgar5031

2 жыл бұрын

i have it

@measureoncecutthreetimes8677

2 жыл бұрын

The Bubble Gum was awful, eventually, I would chuck it away or give it to others but the Cards, oh yeas, the cards. They were the real thing! They were what we really wanted.

@Markus_Andrew

2 жыл бұрын

@@measureoncecutthreetimes8677 Indeed, the gum would lose what crummy flavour it had after a couple of chews, and it was always kind of dusty or something. I usually threw mine away too, but that was the price we had to pay for our coveted Shintaro cards!

I am from the Philippines, you gave my cousins and I something wonderful to remember in our childhood. We would all gather in front of the TV to watch you. We love you, we are in out fifties and yet you will always be rembered by us. Thank you so much!

I remember those days when I was a schoolboy in primary school at Botany Public, those swap cards were a big deal. I wish I still had them today. And the Phantom agents as well, really loved them.

@markedgar5031

2 жыл бұрын

me too/ attended Brighton le sands primary/ went to the airport to greet him with multitudes of kids all throwing card board star knives!😆

My hero, even today.

Yes, we young boys of the Philippines of the late 60s then also watches Samurai. I remember making flying stars out of Galvanized iron sheets by cutting out the 6 point ✳️✡️star shape with GI cutting sheer. A sort of handmade dangerous toy but our young minds in those days undisturbed by such warnings from our oldies to reprain from playing. We gladly throws them at the wall plywoods and it happens to pierce the wall. Anyway no ones hurt because we carefully not to use them with each other as playmates. One of my experience on watching such Japanese exciting action series in television in those days. 👍

He was my childhood hero.

@ijnk2007

4 жыл бұрын

Likewise.

Star knives. I knew kids who would cut up anything made of metal to make star knives. Nobody died, but geez there were some scary moments.

I was in love with shintaro when it first came out

As a kid, I used to rush home from School to see Shintaro.... adore the show to bits.

@malcolmbiddle2681

7 жыл бұрын

As did many others....Playtime at school was dedicated to Ninja and of course Shintaro. Magic Show!

I was, as a young boy, at Shintaro's show at the old Sydney Stadium in either in December 1965 or January 1966. Time dims the memory. Great show! The acrobatics done by the Shintaro and his troupe were absolutely amazing and had to be seen to be bellieved.

I had a plastic telescopic samurai sword, loved it. This, Astro Boy and Thierry Le Frond-the Kings Outlaw were my favourites.

I used to nwatch this as a little boy in the 60s. Am I a little boy. No Om 62. I am Stephen maurice Tutton.

This was my childhood TV show, my favorite!😍👍 Along with Star Trek, Combat, Rat Patrol, UFO, and Space 1999.

@markedgar5031

2 жыл бұрын

don't forget The Phantom Agents

one of my favorite tv series. shintaro with the iga ninjas

Shintaro the Samurai...my cousins and I just love watching him. We fell in love with him..

Growing up in the Philippimes, my brother and I got hooked to this show in the late 60's/early 70's. Definitely loved the shooting stars! I remember at school that we used to make them out of paper and they got banned. LOL!

Watched this as a kid in the 60's here in the Philippines. Didn't know i shared the obsession w/ Aussie kids?!!! Hehehe!

I was there! Lived in South St Ives in the early and mid 60's and I loved this

I liked the way they’d jump many metres straight up backwards into a tree. I don’t know how the series rated in Japan but apparently the actor was surprised at the reception he got in Australia.

@markedgar5031

2 жыл бұрын

i went to the airport with thousands of kids all throwing cardboard star knives at him- brilliant

So loved it , used to have our Shintaro Club, dress up with swords & throw metal stars at trees etc, great memories.

Watching the Shintaro series during my childhood in the neighbourhood was escapism from poverty to fantasy. During school holidays, my friends and I would make swords and stars out of cardboard. We would fight using the two weapons until we become sweaty and exhausted.

Man, What a show. I missed the first wave, my brother was a first-timer. I kinda picked up on it before Miss Marilyn in the mornings or on Saturdays before World Championship Wrestling was on LOL

Yep we all idolized Shintaro

Koichi Ose (Shintaro) turned 85 today! 28/10/22

The nobleness of Japanese pledge and honour.

Best thing ever on tv ever

❤ childhood memories.

I still have a star knife I made back in the 60s

My brothers n I loved this show - One brother made ninja stars and practiced on the tress - Made his ninja outfit out of his black Beatles polo neck skivvy - lol

@ijnk2007

4 жыл бұрын

We used banana trees & our dad's pajamas. lol

I love the old series.Im interested in going to Japan this year. Cjeck out the place.

I had no idea Shintaro was so popular, I thought I was the only one who knew and loved the show. Clearly he never came to Adelaide or I would have gone

@bisiilki

Жыл бұрын

When i was a kid my dad made us watch it. Its amazing how this peace of Japanese TV history changed how Australians viewed Japan after WW2. My fathers mother hated the Japanese because of the bombing of Darwin and killing her friends and relatives who were fighting in PNG and Borneo. But my dad never held animosity and i think it's because of his favourite hero Shintaro!

OMG Shintaro decapitated the Fab Four in one single stroke of his sword...love it !!!

@pavelavietor1

4 жыл бұрын

Hello you need to see the time he split up a samurai in half. Hahaha jajaja to funny. Saludos

should have been called Smiling Samurai because he was smiling WAAY too much to be a Samurai but i get it, he was showing that he was a good guy

Looks like the ninjas have stormtrooper’s disease, they can hit trees just not Shintaro.

@ijnk2007

2 жыл бұрын

:D

I was a fan of the series, and managed to collect all the Scanlen's bubblegum cards - at huge expense no doubt. Alas, I pasted them all to a sheet of particle board, all 108 (?) of them, to make up the giant picture of Shintaro. What was I thinking of?! The whole was definitely not greater than the sum of its parts. I was also able to go to the Sydney Stadium (where I would later return for various wrestling spectaculars - Waldo von Erich, Mario Milano, Professor Tanaka and Killer Kowalski, to name a few) to see Shintaro live - but all I remember is the stifling heat, Shintaro using a flying fox to reach the stage (in hugely unconvincing fashion) and a huge number of smoke bombs being exploded, which made the atmosphere positively miasmic.

Shintaro the samurai. makes me love Japanese culture

🇯🇵🇦🇺 Australian and Japanese relationship is Shintaro.

shintaro knows how to fight in the name of duty.

this show was never shown on UK TV... I wish they had

I thought I was pretty cool back in primary school using my can opener to make wannabe Ninja Star knives. They stuck into stuff too. Of course, I couldn't throw them as fast as a trained Ninja. The Samurai - required after school viewing in my childhood!

Very much part of my childhood. Ohayo gozaimas Shintaro

Loved this show as a young kid, and who didnt want to be a ninja!

This was one of the best things on TV! Aha, the Valhalla, in Glebe Point Road...

I liked the music...

The Phantom agents were my faves .

I still love this. itd make a great retro anime. Something like Dororo. Ever see the remake something like that.

I loved the show as a child and was excited to hear that Shintaro, the Ninjas and The Samurai crew were coming to Melbourne in the mid 60s. But little did I realise how popular the visit would turn out to be. I was taken to Melbourne Airport and was amazed to see such a large crowd gathered for the visit (estimated at about 7000 people). The crowd was excited to see some Ninjas perform some of their tricks and then greeted Shintaro (actor Koichi Ose) dressed in his full uniform with great enthusiasm. To make things even more exciting the touring party put on a live show at Festival Hall which was packed for the occasion and of course Shintaro triumphed. The success of the show was amazing considering it was made only around two decades after World War II. Some parents might not have been impressed with their children loving the show but it definitely played a role in boosting relationships between Australia and Japan. By the way Koichi Ose, who is now aged 86, he returned to Australia in 2016.

The Robin Hood of the East......loved HIM and his man ponytail too! The first I'd ever seen.......

Samurai movies teach me about warrior Honour

Bit like the lone ranger. He had his sidekick, Tombe'. My favourite baddie was kuma kotaro with his evil eyebrow liner.

There were no special effects - it was all real!

I need to get the DVD

I loved that show!

Ghost of Tsushima 1960 style.....epic good

Its true everybody wants to be ninjas not shintaro

What kind of potato did you use to record the audio on this video

@ijnk2007

5 жыл бұрын

The one you lent me. Thanks.

We had our version of Samurai series in Hawaii, in the early 60s, called Kazekoso. Lots of super natural actions, like flying Superman style and wearing a white shaggy mask, while dispensing Justice....neighborhood kids would run around with plastic Samurai swords, whooping and hollering...lol...good times.

It's obvious some of the celebrities interviewed had, either, never seen the show, or did not pay attention. Weird.

@petechumly985

3 ай бұрын

why ?

"The Samurai" episode "Living Death" featuring Shintaro (includes background information) kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6lsp86Tcs7Siqw.html&ab_channel=GeorgeCKarateplus The Samurai' - SE2 EO1 - The Secret Treasure 1 kzread.info/dash/bejne/oGic27pspb23qKQ.html&ab_channel=GeorgeCKarateplus

I am Shintaro in swordsman.

later though after Shintaro , there was Shinoski

@stkilda4ever

3 ай бұрын

Yep. Also enjoyed Shinnosuke. The 3 seasons are all available with English subtitles. Here is one episode kzread.info/dash/bejne/iG132q6bebLaerQ.html

🌏🇦🇺🐨豪州の熱いファンの人々 と 🌏🇯🇵🏯日本の宣弘社ｻﾝ制作:TV映画:｢隠密剣士(主演:大瀬康一氏)｣の 深い絆と歴史。 貴重な動画だと思います。あの広大な 豪州.大陸。(日本人は 当たり前にエンジョイしてますが…)。狭い空間の 日本家屋や カラクリ屋敷,何故 受けた⁉️ なぜ？ ナゼ？?。 処で最近, 🇬🇧🕵️英国ミステリーに(警部:ﾓ-ｽ,ﾙｲｽ,ﾊﾞ-ﾅﾋﾞ-氏,警視正ﾌｫｲﾙ氏等) 小生どっぷり はまってます。小生,気付いた事。{🇬🇧彼ら には 近所付き合いも重要な課題なのだ❗️}。｢隠密剣士｣に, 秋草新太郎と周作君が、 面識の無い.庶民の 家で 一夜の宿を借りる シーンが 出て来ます。一目で ｢人品卑しからず｣秋草新太郎の 人物を見抜きます(勿論 お武家様の頼みを 町人ｻﾝは ｺﾄﾜﾚませんけど😅現実的にﾈ)。その家族の息子と 同年代の周作君。両親は 成長を願う為に我が子をたしなめるも,その言葉には 深い愛情が 滲んでいる。寝床の中、一人、羨ましく思っている周作(遥か彼方 東洋.日本の庶民 親子の温かい情愛💖 🌏万国共通✨ 🇦🇺🐨豪州人(ﾋﾞﾄ)は気付いた)。🇬🇧🕵️事件の捜査,部下とのｺﾐｭﾆｹ-ｼｮﾝ。地域住民との交流事(ｺﾞﾄ)…。終われば 直ぐにパブ🍻またしてもパブ🍻 ｢チースッ｣｢チースッ｣。🌏🇯🇵我ら日本人 も 古来,屋台や,🏮居酒屋 好みの お国柄💖 人と人 その繋がりを 大切にする。 ｢ヨッ! 御同輩😹｣。🇬🇧✴️王室を仰ぐ ✴️歴史と伝統✨由緒正しき お国柄✨ 片や 将軍家を頂点とした 徳川の 武家社会(更なる頂き ✨朝廷✨には✴️帝(ﾐｶﾄﾞ)✴️が おわします)。そうか！成る程,連邦国家の一翼、豪州の皆様の心には,古き良き 大英帝国の伝統と✴️ 品格有る✨ 騎士道精神✴️そのDNA と ✴️｢隠密剣士｣の描く✴️ 武士道精神が✴️ 共鳴したに ✴️相違ござらん‼️ 解き明かせば 極めて自然。此れも,SAMURAI 秋草新太郎 その人❗️ 誠実な 名優:大瀬康一氏と, 忠義に厚い配下. 霧の 遁兵衛(ﾄﾝﾍﾞｴ):牧 冬吉氏,更に 健気な少年:周作君の 名トリオが がっちり 描く 国境越えた人間ドラマ‼️ (主従の理想的関係は 英国:騎士の末裔達に 厚い忠誠心を 蘇らせたのかﾓ?)｡あらゆる年代層👴👵👨👩👦👧👶🌏🇦🇺🐨豪州人の 💖ハートを 鷲掴み‼️ してしまった のでは ないでしょうか⁉️。(文中,個人的 見解にﾓﾄｽﾞｲﾃおります。御無礼な点 お詫び致します)｡ 英国🌍🇬🇧ｿｼﾃ🕵️豪州🌏🇦🇺🐨 と 日本🌏🇯🇵🏯 の 💖永遠の友好💖を祈念致します😹。💖絆💖と成った💖隠密剣士💖有り難う‼️。{🎥🎬｢遁兵衛(ﾄﾝﾍﾞｴ)!,周作!! 私は旅に出る…｣。｢秋草様❗️｣｢おじちゃん‼️｣。｢3人で共に参ろう❗️豪州へ‼️｣ 💖めでたし💖Medetasi💖}。 (1900年代. 渡豪 された 当時の 御3人, 抜群のﾁｰﾑﾜｰｸ！理想的.会話を 創作ｼﾃｵﾘﾏｽ🙇個人的見解 お詫び致します)。

I like Shintaro but please don't kill The Beatles!:D

五十八年前ですよオ-ストラリアのテレビドラマでも放映されてたんですね忍者物で大瀬さんも人気者で

👍❤️❤️

Yah..... home made star knives...how no one got hurt ..i don't know....we used to to tuck the collar in on a long sleeve shirt ..put on our head ..so the collar covered our forehead then wrap the the long sleeves over our mouth and tie the sleeves together behind our neck...and we were ninjas....but don't forget Astro Boy!!....

used to collect the bubble gum cards and for the life of me , i had no idea how they jumped backwards i was mesmerised, well i was only 6

I use to make them & throw at the fence untill got them sharp

I am Tokugawa shogunate is samurai TV?

Ninjas rule

Do u know any gallahs

This was syndicated in the Philippines in the 80s

@ijnk2007

4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it in the late '60s till early '70s?

@rscnovember4945

4 жыл бұрын

@@ijnk2007 Correct, my earliest recollection of this show was 1972 when I was eight years old

@butchignacio8875

3 жыл бұрын

@@ijnk2007 i was born in mid 70s. shintaro was shown in the 80s. i don't know if there was an earlier syndication in the 60s.

alam namin si Abe ay sidekick ni Shintaro noong maliliit kame, now i know his son

@eddiedeleon2425

3 жыл бұрын

laruan yan yung 6 edges sa puno inihahagis

@amrak-8401

3 жыл бұрын

Sinabi no bossing, alam mo pala itong TV show na ito.👍

My brother is australian

Men at Work - Shintaro é uma canção em homenagem a essa série?

Hello I did the same thing shintaro katsu Zatoichi my favorite Samurai. Saludos

@caretakerfoch6103

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, fans of Shintaro, Samurai's, and Japanese culture generally are missing out bigtime if they do not do a youtube search for Zatoichi. He is blind from birth and a Yakuza - and because of his disability and social status must make his living as a masseur. He just also happens to be a master swordsman who roams freely about Japan mowing down baddies who make the mistake of taking him on. Great acting and brilliant production values. Check it out - the TV series ran for years. Mostly subtitled.

@pavelavietor1

4 жыл бұрын

@@caretakerfoch6103 hello 👋 thanks for commenting yes tremendous action 🎬 and grate acting 👏 saludos

Great show... we just watched it because we liked it... the bs coming from these people with the usual self loathing. Father a Japanese ex POW and my mother arranged a Japanese pen friend for me and they weren't "astonished".

Why was thier shit on the dunny floor because toombay mist

too bad this never came to america

@77Lilo77

11 күн бұрын

I remember watching a samurai show as a kid on PBS. I think this may have been it!

Ah yeah... the Syd Stadium, I remember seeing Mario Milano wrestle there, beat the shit out of the Turkish wrestler. I walked up the ring after the fight to see if the Turk's blood was real or tomato sauce like everyone said it was. I dipped my finger in it and felt it. It was real blood.

What's a magpie

@ijnk2007

4 жыл бұрын

A native bird of Aus, black feathers, very territorial and confrontational at times to protect their nests or homes.

I am kiwi

@ijnk2007

4 жыл бұрын

Me, too.

@stephentutton3298

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I do they're in Mangere

これらの目で闇が見えるようになるでしょう

100 star knives come out of someone’s sleeves! The worst dubbing in history, but quite a bit of fun!

Ah yes, the Dragon Ball Z for down unda.

When i was younger and watching SHINTARO, I didnt like him because he dressed like a GURLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.

Boomer weeaboos

@henrygeeson4920

4 жыл бұрын

Don't think u understand what weeaboos are and if youve never watched any sort of japanese TV in ur life because ur too scared to be called a weeb or weeaboo then ur weak. Some of the biggest youtubers watch anime like pewdiepie, ksi, jacksepticeye and more

@ijnk2007

4 жыл бұрын

@@henrygeeson4920 That'll learn 'em. Good on you, mate!