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Kagemusha premiered in japan on april 27, 1980 and became an enormous hit in japan, earning back its negative cost two weeks after it opened. Kagemusha was akira kurosawas return to action and samurai films after spending 15 years in other genres. Released 1980, kagemusha stars tatsuya nakadai, tsutomu yamazaki, kenichi hagiwara, jinpachi nezu the pg movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 40 min, and received a. In his late color masterpiece kagemusha, akira kurosawa returns to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his careerthe play between illusion and reality. Kagemusha the 1980 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Double, the 1980 kagemusha the shadow warrior 1980 kagemusha the shadow warrior 1980 shadow warrior 1980 other resources. Rent kagemusha 1980 starring tatsuya nakadai and tsutomu yamazaki on dvd and bluray. The original trailer sub english in high definition of kagemusha directed by akira kurosawa and starring tatsuya nakadai, tsutomu yamazaki, kenichi hagiwara and jinpachi nezu. The first feature is a screenspecific audio commentary by stephen prince who has provided commentaries for a number of criterions kurosawa releases. Kagemusha is a samurai drama by the director who most successfully introduced the genre to the west with such classics as the seven samurai and yojimbo, and who, at the age of seventy, made an epic that dares to wonder what meaning the samurai code or any human code really has in the life of an individual man. His film is basically the story of one such man, a. Probably the main reason akira kurosawas epic samurai masterpiece called kagemusha has its rightful place among the most impressive movies weve seen so far is the simply brilliant idea that serves as the films basis.
A thief with an uncanny resemblance to a warlord is hired as a double. A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai. Akira kurosawas epic tale of war and intrigue in 16th century japan. Kagemusha is a stunningly colorful yet strikingly bleak epic about the closure of one of the most prolific chapters in japanese history. Kagemusha, shadow warrior is a 1980 jidaigeki film directed by akira kurosawa. This film was notable for its powerful battle scenes.
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