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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

Table of Contents:

• Disc 1. Kagemusha
• disc 2. Supplements

Contributors:

Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 , producer, director, screenwriter

Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997 , producer

Ide, Masato, 1920-1989 , screenwriter

Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- , actor

Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936- , actor

Hagiwara, Ken'ichi, 1950-2019 , actor

Nezu, Jinpachi, 1947-2016 , actor

Otaki, Shuji

Saito, Takao

Ueda, Shōji, 1913-2000

Ikebe, Shinichiro

Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha

Kurosawa Purodakushon

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 267

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Kagemusha (the shadow warrior)
Title translation: Toho Films and Kurosawa Productions present

Subjects:

Samurai — Japan — Drama

Daimyo — Japan — Drama

Feudalism — Japan — Drama

Japanese language films

Samurai

Daimyo

Feudalism

Japan

Genres:

Feature films

Feature films — Japan

Samurai films

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD, region 1; stereo

Performers:

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Shuji Otaki

Production Credits:

Music, Shinichiro Ikebe ; cinematography, Takao Saito and Masaharu Ueda

General 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

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (45 pages ; 19 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

KAG 1980 DVD

ISBNs:

1559409541

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515015622
Publisher Number, Criterion: CC1606D

OCLC Numbers:

982152134
7031668 [Invalid]