Red Shadow (film)

Red Shadow
2001 Film Poster
Directed byHiroyuki Nakano
Screenplay byHiroshi Saito
Masatoshi Kimura
Based onKamen no Ninja Akakage
by Mitsuteru Yokoyama
StarringMasanobu Andō
Megumi Okina
Kumiko Asō
Jun Murakami
Naoto Takenaka
CinematographyHideo Yamamoto
Music byToshiyuki Kishi
Backgrounds byAkira Naitō
Color processColor
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • 11 August 2001 (2001-08-11)
Running time
108 min.
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office700 million Yen

Red Shadow (RED SHADOW 赤影, Reddo Shadō Akakage) is a 2001 Japanese samurai film directed by Hiroyuki Nakano. The film stars Masanobu Andō in the title role and features a guest star appearance of Tomoyasu Hotei returning from the 1998 spin-off and virtual prequel Samurai Fiction. The film is loosely based on the 1960s manga Kamen no Ninja Akakage.[1][2]

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  2. ^ "RED SHADOW 赤影", Wikipedia (in Japanese), 2020-06-10, retrieved 2020-11-21