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Kagemusha Kagemusha (the shadow warrior)
Title
Kagemusha [videorecording] = Kagemusha (the shadow warrior) / 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.
ISBN
1559409541
Edition
[Special ed.]
Published
[United States] : Criterion, [2005]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (45 p. ; 19 cm.)
Notes
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.
Music, Shinichiro Ikebe ; cinematography, Takao Saito and Masaharu Ueda.
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Kagemusha (the shadow warrior)
Shadow warrior
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
April 24, 2006
Series
Criterion collection ; 267
Credits
Music, Shinichiro Ikebe ; cinematography, Takao Saito and Masaharu Ueda.
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Shuji Otaki.
System details note
DVD, region 1; stereo.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Contents
Disc 1. Kagemusha
disc 2. Supplements.
Videorecording number
CC1606D Criterion
Also listed under
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
Kurosawa Purodakushon.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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