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 me and the shinobifile community at large.
Here’s mystery photo #2:
I have a feeling this is a silent-era showdown. Here’s details of the masked rivals:
Guessing this is the heel. The more eye make-up, the more evil… Below would then be the hero?
Could well be this is a posed theatrical promo instead of a movie still. Any info would be greatly appreciated amigos…
One more shot coming tomorrow.
Dustin De Leon
Those are ikazukin(squid hoods) or Sojuro cowls/Kurama