Amazon.co.uk: Kagemusha [1980]: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Otaki, Daisuke Ryu, Masayuki Yui, Kaori Momoi, Mitsuko Baisho, Hideo Murota, Takayuki Shiho, Koji Shimizu, Noburo Shimizu, Sen Yamamoto, Shuhei Sugimori, Akira Kurosawa: Video

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Kagemusha [1980]
VHS ~ Tatsuya Nakadai

(18 customer reviews)

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Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Otaki
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Format: HiFi Sound, PAL, Subtitled
Language Japanese
Classification:
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
VHS Release Date: 11 Jan 1990
Run Time: 153 minutes

Average Customer Review:

(18 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000057WZM
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,081 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)
Popular in these categories:
#7 in Video > World Cinema > Directors > Kurosawa, Akira
#7 in Video > Classic Films > Directors > Kurosawa, Akira
#8 in Video > World Cinema > Japanese > Directors

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Amazon.co.uk Review
The 1970s were difficult years for the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Having been unable to secure full Japanese backing for his epic project Kagemusha, the 70-year-old master found American support from George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, who served as co-executive producers (through 20th Century Fox) for this magnificent 1980 production--to that date the most expensive film in Japanese history. Set in the late-16th century, Kagemusha centres on the Takeda clan, one of three warlord clans battling for control of Japan at the end of the feudal period. When their leader Lord Shingen (Tatsuya Nakadai) is mortally wounded in battle, he orders that his death be kept secret and that his "kagemusha"--or "shadow warrior"--take his place for a period of three years to prevent clan disruption and enemy takeover. The identical double is a petty thief (also played by Nakadai) spared from execution due to his uncanny resemblance to Lord Shingen--but his true identity cannot prevent the tides of fate from rising over the Takeda clan in a climactic scene of battlefield devastation. Through stunning visuals and meticulous attention to every physical and stylistic detail, Kurosawa made a film that restored his status as Japan's greatest filmmaker, and the success of Kagemusha enabled the director to make his 1985 masterpiece, Ran. --Jeff Shannon

Synopsis
Battles, intrigue and high drama in this highly-praised film of old Japan. English subtitles.

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