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Kagemusha
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- Summary
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Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry or war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic about a peasant impersonating a nobleman in battle. Kagemusha is presented in its or...
Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry or 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.
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- Creator
- seisaku chosaku Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Kurosawa Purodakushon sakuin ; seisaku Kurosawa Akira, Tanaka Tomoyuki ; kyakuhon, Kurosawa Akira, Ide Masato ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira = Toho Films and Kurosawa Productions present ; produced by Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa and Masato Ide ; directed by Akira Kurosawa
- Other Title
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- Added English title on p. [4] of container : Shadow warrior
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- Japanese
- Contributors
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- Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, producer, director, author of screenplay
- Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997, producer
- Ide, Masato, 1920-1989, author of screenplay
- Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- actor
- Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936- actor
- Hagiwara, Ken'ichi, 1950-2019, actor
- Nezu, Jinpachi, 1947-2016, actor
- Otaki, Shuji, actor
- Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha
- Kurosawa Purodakushon
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Publication
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- [Special edition]
- [United States] : Criterion, 2005
- Physical Details
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- 2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (45 pages ; 19 cm.)
- ISBNs
- 9781559409544, 1559409541
- OCLC
- ocm57031668
- Credits
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- Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Shuji Otaki
- Music, Shinichiro Ikebe ; cinematography, Takao Saito and Masaharu Ueda
- Widescreen (letterbox format)
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1980.
- Special features: [disc 1] audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince. [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 that reconstructs Kagemusha through Kurosawa's paintings and sketches) ; Suntory commercials made on set ; storyboards. Booklet featuring new essay by Peter Grilli, an interview by Tony Rayns, and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie.
- DVD, region 1; stereo.
- Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
- Disc 1. Kagemusha -- disc 2. Supplements