#122 - Ninja! Ninja! Godfrey Ho! Ninja!

The Important Cinema Club

Justin Decloux and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.7 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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We discuss the career of cut-n-paste artist Godfrey Ho and his work on such films as Ninja Terminator, Undefeatable, and Catman in the Lethal Track. Also, the other 50+ movies he made that have NINJA in the title. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB On this week's Patreon episodes, we discuss Monster Kids and Famous Monsters of Filmland. Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of ICC every week.

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0:00.0	Hello, my name's Justin the Clue, and I'm here today with Will Sloan.
0:09.6	And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club.
0:11.9	And today, we're talking about a legend in the cinema field.
0:16.4	Yes, we're talking about Godfrey Ho, aka Tim Ashby, Alton Chung, Chester Yang, Godfrey Hall, Christ Hannah,
0:25.8	perhaps most aptly Ed Wu.
0:28.4	He has on IMDB, I counted 86 pseudonyms.
0:32.3	That's insane.
0:33.5	That's right.
0:34.2	Godfrey Ho is a guy that if you watched a ninja film that was in the 80s or 90s and was very confusing and you were not sure what was going on and it felt like a bunch of movies were edited together.
0:47.1	Number one, you were right.
0:48.8	Number two, it was probably directed by Godfrey Ho.
0:51.3	Godfrey Ho has directed at least 118 films. Nobody knows the exact number
0:55.8	for sure. Some of his films include Ninja Champion, Ninja Dragon, Ninja Hunt, Ninja Kill, Operation
1:03.6	Golden Dragon, Ninja Project Daredevils, Ninja Demons Massacre, Ninja Inaction, Ninja Terminator,
1:10.7	Robo Vampire.
1:11.9	I eyeballed his IMD list, and he had about 50-ish films that have Ninja in the title.
1:18.6	I'd like to share with you a piece of dialogue from his masterpiece U.S. Catman, Lethal Track.
1:24.9	I'm very sorry, Mr. Kitty Cat. The plan has already been set in motion.
1:29.1	Watch your lips, shithead.
1:30.4	Or I'll put you over my knee and spank your bottom for you.
1:33.3	I'm going to burn you alive.
1:34.6	I always liked Hot Pussy.
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