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AKAI KAGEBOSHI

SEVEN YEARS!
6 Jun 2016

SEVEN YEARS!

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 8 - News & Notes | 0

Another birthday for VN. Seven years ago today we published our first post, featuring press stills from Akai Kageboshi (The Red Shadow). It’s been a great ride so far, here’s to you all our readers and fans, and may we … Continued

AKAI KAGEBOSHI
A few more that got away…
4 Jun 2014

A few more that got away…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

Couple years ago now, one of my sources for the hand-colored press stills from Thailand that have so contributed to the identity of this site contacted me with some new offerings. A lot of it was stuff I already had … Continued

AKAI KAGEBOSHI, kurozukin, Thai press kits, Toruwakamaru
7 Jun 2013

Happy 4th Anniversay, Darlings…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 1

Every year we celebrate the site’s birthday by reposting the very first thing we ever did — a look at vintage press still from Akai Kageboshi.  AKAI KAGEBOSHI – the other ‘red shadow’ (originally published June 7, 2009) Can a … Continued

AKAI KAGEBOSHI, Hashizo Okawa, Red Shadow
AKAI KAGEBOSHI – the other ‘red shadow’
7 Jun 2009

AKAI KAGEBOSHI – the other ‘red shadow’

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 3

Can a respectable, accomplished beautiful woman from noble samurai family possibly say no to a hooded bedroom invader so clearly superior in his warrior fashion sense? I think not! I may have started this site just to find a good … Continued

AKAI KAGEBOSHI, Hashizo Okawa, Hattori Hanzo, Jubei Yagyu, Ryutaro Otomo, Thai press kits

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