Kagemusha (Criterion Collection)
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 25, 2017
- Originally Released: 1980
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Tatsuya Nakadai | |
Performer: | Takashi Shimura, Tsutomu Yamazaki & Kenichi Hagiwara | |
Directed by | Akira Kurosawa | |
Screenwriting by | Akira Kurosawa & Masato Ide | |
Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka & Akira Kurosawa | |
Director of Photography: | Kazuo Miyagawa | |
Executive Production by | George Lucas & Francis Ford Coppola |
Major Awards:
Cannes 1980 -
Palme d'Or: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
Excellent historical drama shows Kurosawa's broad range of gifts and skill.
Full Review
Classic Film and Television
3 stars out of 5 -- Primarily a chamber piece shot in muted tones, it switches to exaggerated colour for a couple of large-scale battles...
Total Film
[O]ften breathtaking...
Entertainment Weekly
...[A] classic...
USA Today
Here, as in all of Kurosawa's late films, this sense of hopeless fixity renders unconvincing any hope for human agency.
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Rating: 2.5/5 --
There is beauty in Kagemusha but it is impersonal, distant and ghostly. The old master has never been more rigorous.
New York Times
...A sweeping epic of the times of clan wars in 16th century Japan....Tatsuya Nakadai is extraordinary...
Variety
Product Description:
In this dazzling epic from Akira Kurosawa, a petty thief named Kagemusha (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets saved from a death sentence because he resembles the warlord Shingen Takeda (also Nakadai). The warlord has been fighting two other leaders for control of 16th-century Japan and impersonators often take his place during battles to put him out of harm's way. Because of Kagemusha's strong physical similarities to the warlord, he's a perfect choice for a "shadow warrior." However, the arrangement suddenly changes when Shingen gets fatally wounded while watching a battle. Adhering to Shingen's final wish, the warlord's men keep the death a secret, and Kagemusha struggles to transform himself from a criminal into a leader.
KAGEMUSHA marked a welcome return for the legendary director, who had not made a movie since 1974. Nakadai, a supporting player in earlier Kurosawa films, expertly portrays the leading role(s), almost always filled in the past by ToshirĂ´ Mifune. KAGEMUSHA also features the final screen appearance of longtime Kurosawa actor, Takashi Shimura. In order to help the film get an international release, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas served as executive producers.
KAGEMUSHA marked a welcome return for the legendary director, who had not made a movie since 1974. Nakadai, a supporting player in earlier Kurosawa films, expertly portrays the leading role(s), almost always filled in the past by ToshirĂ´ Mifune. KAGEMUSHA also features the final screen appearance of longtime Kurosawa actor, Takashi Shimura. In order to help the film get an international release, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas served as executive producers.
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- Sales Rank: 107,379
- UPC: 715515197212
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