Kagemusha

Kagemusha / Kagemusha

影武者 /

DVD - 2005

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.

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Subjects
Samurai > Japan > Drama.
Daimyo > Japan > Drama.
Feature films.
Samurai films.
Historical films.
War films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Samurai films
Historical films
War films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion [2005]
Language
Japanese
English
Corporate Authors
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, 東宝株式会社, Kurosawa Purodakushon, 黒澤プロダクション
Corporate Authors
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, 東宝株式会社 (production company), Kurosawa Purodakushon, 黒澤プロダクション
Other Authors
Akira Kurosawa, 1910-1998 (film producer), Tomoyuki Tanaka, 1910-1997 (screenwriter), Masato Ide, 1920-1989 (actor), Tatsuya Nakadai, 1932-, Tsutomu Yamazaki, 1936-, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, 1950-2019, Jinpachi Nezu, 1947-2016, Shūji Ōtaki
Edition
Two-DVD special edition
Item Description
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.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen; Dolby Digital discrete surround, stereo ; dual layer ; new, restored high-definitition digital transfer.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or (Golden Palm)
Production Credits
Music, Ikebe Shin'ichiro ; cinematography, Saitō Takao, Ueda Masaharu, Screenplay, Kurosawa Akira, Ide Masato.
ISBN
9781559409544
  • Disc 1. Kagemusha
  • Disc 2. Supplements.
Review by Library Journal Review

While not quite in a league with Akira Kurosawa's most remarkable epics (The Seven Samurai, Ran), this sprawling film about "the shadow warrior" offers an interesting deliberation on the nature of power with its story about a small-time thief standing in for a dead warlord. Released in a definitive three-hour cut, this two-disc package includes an interview with Kurosawa admirers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, a making-of documentary, commentary, and more. For serious collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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