Kagemusha

Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 (film producer,, film director,, screenwriter.). Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997 (film producer.). Ide, Masato, 1920-1989 (screenwriter.). Saitō, Takao, 1929-2014 (director of photography.). Ueda, Shōji, 1938- (director of photography.). Ikebe, Shin'ichirō, (composer (expression)). Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- (actor.). Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936- (actor.). Hagiwara, Ken'ichi, 1950-2019 (actor.). Nezu, Jinpachi, 1947-2016 (actor.). Ōtaki, Shūji. (Added Author). Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha. (Added Author). Kurosawa Purodakushon. (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Nakadai Tatsuya, Yamazaki Tsutomu, Hagiwara Ken'ichi, Nezu Jinpachi, Ōtaki Shūji. (Cast).

Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic about a peasant impersonating a nobleman in battle. Kagemusha is presented in its original 180 min. uncut Japanese version, not the shortened "international version" presented by 20th Century Fox.In 16th century feudal Japan, a thief is saved from execution to train as a double for one of the warlords, Shingen. Three warlords, Shingen, Nobunaga, and Ieyasu, battle for total power over Japan. When Shingen receives a mortal wound, the double must take his place to hold the Takeda clan together.

DVD - 2005

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Subject

Samurai > Japan > Drama.
Daimyo > Japan > Drama.

Genre

Feature films.
Historical films.
War films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Foreign language films > Japanese.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Video recordings.
Drama.

Physical Description 2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (45 pages ; 19 cm).
Edition Special ed.
Publisher [United States] : Criterion, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. Special features: [disc 1] new, restored high-definition digital transfer enhanced for widescreen televisions; audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior's Camera: the Cinema of Akira Kurosawa; includes U.S. trailer, Japanese teaser and Japanese trailer; [disc 2] Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (19 min., 2005 ; interview with Lucas and Coppola) ; 41 min. documentary on Kagemusha (part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create) ; Image: Kurosawa's Continuity (43 min. video by Masayuki Yui that reconstructs Kagemusha through Kurosawa's paintings and sketches) ; Suntory commercials made on set ; storyboards. Booklet featuring new essay by Japanese culture expert Peter Grilli, an interview by Japanese film expert Tony Rayns, and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie. GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. Kagemusha -- disc 2. Supplements.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Ikebe Shin'ichiro ; cinematography, Saitō Takao, Ueda Masaharu, Screenplay, Kurosawa Akira, Ide Masato.
Participant or Performer Note:	Nakadai Tatsuya, Yamazaki Tsutomu, Hagiwara Ken'ichi, Nezu Jinpachi, Ōtaki Shūji.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen; Dolby Digital discrete surround, stereo ; dual layer ; new, restored high-definitition digital transfer.
Language Note:	In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

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Criterion collection

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