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4 Apr 2012

Great gallery of Japanese cinema stills

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

I highly recommend taking a stroll (or ‘scroll’ more accurately) through EigaGoGo: Japan Cinema‘s tumblr gallery. Tons of vintage Japanese cinema publicity stills from all genres, with some great shinobi stuff peppered in. Click any image to enlarge. The above … Continued

Samurai Spy, Shinobi no Mono
4 Nov 2010

9 Essentials of 60s B&W Shinobi Cinema

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 7

Part of Wildgrounds’ 2010 Japanese Cinema Blogathon The first cinema-based ‘Ninja Craze’ in Japan is pretty well defined by the decade in which it took place – the 1960s. Yes, there were enormously popular manga, highly rated anime on TV, … Continued

Kagemaru, Mission Iron Castle, Ninja Gari, Samurai Spy, Seventeen Ninja, Shinobi no Mono, The Third Ninja, Tonbei, Warring Clans
5 Feb 2010

SAMURAI SPY – Quick Close-Ups

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

Wrapping up our 4-part look at the visual qualities of Masahiro Shinoda’s Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke Evidenced by the previous entries in this series, director Masahiro Shinoda and cinematographer Masao Kosugi were out to baffle the viewer visually as much as … Continued

Samurai Spy, Sarutobi Sasuke
4 Feb 2010

SAMURAI SPY – Theatrical Combat Posing

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

The 3rd of a 4-part look at the visual qualities of Masahiro Shinoda’s Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke Without knowing even the decade they’re from, you can date ninja films from the way the actors and stuntmen move and pose. In the … Continued

Samurai Spy, Sarutobi Sasuke
3 Feb 2010

SAMURAI SPY – Use of Shadow (and Light) to Obscure Characters

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

The 2nd of a 4-part look at the visual qualities of Masahiro Shinoda’s Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke Last time we established the agenda of director Masahiro Shinoda and cinematographer Masao Kosugi to mirror the confusion and conflict of Sasuke with an equal … Continued

Samurai Spy, Sarutobi Sasuke
2 Feb 2010

SAMURAI SPY – Geometry and Lines in Composition

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

The 1st of a 4-part look at the visual qualities of Masahiro Shinoda’s Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke It doesn’t take long to realize that director Masahiro Shinoda and cinematographer Masao Kosugi were up to something different in Samurai Spy. Different for … Continued

Samurai Spy, Sarutobi Sasuke
1 Feb 2010

A visual breakdown of SAMURAI SPY (intro)

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

It was the Summer of 1984, the height and heat of the American craze. Revenge of the Ninja was running on HBO, Ninja III: The Domination was about to hit theaters, Spanish-dubbed episodes of Lone Wolf and Cub ran on … Continued

Samurai Spy, Sarutobi Sasuke

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