---
title: 'Red Shadow (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hiroyuki Nakano'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/red-shadow-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294280/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Red Shadow (2001)

2001 · 108 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · Japan

Original title: RED SHADOW 赤影

## Synopsis

Red Shadow  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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hiroyuki Nakano](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroyuki-nakano)
- **Screenplay:** [Mitsuteru Yokoyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuteru-yokoyama)

## Cast

- [Denden](https://cinepixo.com/people/denden)
- [Seizō Fukumoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/seizo-fukumoto)
- [Shigeru Kōyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/shigeru-koyama)
- [Naoto Takenaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/naoto-takenaka)
- [Megumi Okina](https://cinepixo.com/people/megumi-okina)
- [Masanobu Andō](https://cinepixo.com/people/masanobu-ando)
- [Kei Tani](https://cinepixo.com/people/kei-tani)
- [Yutaka Matsushige](https://cinepixo.com/people/yutaka-matsushige)
- [Fumiya Fujii](https://cinepixo.com/people/fumiya-fujii)
- [Tomoyasu Hotei](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyasu-hotei)
- [Sousuke Takaoka](https://cinepixo.com/people/sousuke-takaoka)
- [Jun Murakami](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-murakami)
- [Masahiko Tsugawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/masahiko-tsugawa)
- [Alina Kabaeva](https://cinepixo.com/people/alina-kabaeva)
- [Ryoko Shinohara](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryoko-shinohara)

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