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CASTLE OF OWLS

17 Nov 2012

Even more hand-colored CASTLE OF OWLS stills

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

I just can’t stop rescuing these from dealers in Thailand… And why not? I love hand-tinted antique photos, and these are from my favorite ninja film ever (and the one I’ve written about the most on this site, too). Some … Continued

CASTLE OF OWLS, Ryutaro Otomo, Thai press kits
11 Mar 2010

Unknown Hoods – Part 1

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 2

I have three antique sepia-toned photos from Japan featuring ninja and hooded heroes that neither I nor the sellers I liberated them from can identify. Anyone who helps me out will get a giant toad’s worth of gratitude from both … Continued

CASTLE OF OWLS, vintage photos
27 Sep 2009

CASTLE OF OWLS vs. OWL’S CASTLE

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 2

I don’t believe all remakes suck. The ’78 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Hammer’s 60’s reimaginings of the Universal monster films of 30 years previous, the Soderberg version of Solaris… all brought something new to the table and were worthy … Continued

CASTLE OF OWLS
26 Sep 2009

Wolf vs. Sheepdog

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

CASTLE OF OWLS WEEK continues with some miscellaneous awesomeness centered on the the conflict between Juzo (Ryutaro Otomo) and Gohei (Minoru Ohki). As I’ve mentioned previously, this initially plays out like the old Sam the Sheepdog vs. Ralph the Wolf … Continued

CASTLE OF OWLS, Ryutaro Otomo
25 Sep 2009

Kunoichi in CASTLE OF OWLS

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

While the overt conflict of Castle of Owls may be the wolf-vs-sheepdog of Juzo and Gohei, there is a deeper interior conflict in both men played out by their relationships to women, all of whom are deadly female ninja themselves. … Continued

CASTLE OF OWLS, Ryutaro Otomo, The Samurai
24 Sep 2009

B&W stills from OWLS

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

The Japanese DVD of Castle of Owls has a modest gallery of B&W set-shot publicity stills: CASTLE OF OWLS WEEK continues with an in depth look at the ninja women of the film, and a side-by-side comparison of the photography of … Continued

CASTLE OF OWLS, Ryutaro Otomo
23 Sep 2009

More aging CASTLE OF OWLS stills

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

Hey, that’s the rest of the image from the home-page header! Yep, yer right. It’s also perhaps the most striking image of Ryutaro Otomo from Toho’s publicity shoots. Those spike shuriken are just awesome. Otomo’s stern, strong eyes lend a … Continued

CASTLE OF OWLS, Ryutaro Otomo
22 Sep 2009

CASTLE OF OWLS publicity stills from Thailand

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

Inspired by Gobi’s awesome sketch from this post, I’ve declared this CASTLE OF OWLS WEEK at Vintage Ninja! I’m not saying the 1963 Ryutaro Otomo action-drama is the best ninja movie ever made, but damn if it isn’t my absolute … Continued

CASTLE OF OWLS, Ryutaro Otomo
21 Sep 2009

White Owl Ninja from France?

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 5 - Art and Advertising | 0

I’m just IN LOVE with this concept sketch by French comic and vinyl figure artist  GOBI: Hmmm… this has me thinking ninja, owls… Could it be CASTLE OF OWLS week??? Thanks to the MuttPop blog for the find!

CASTLE OF OWLS

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