| Edition |
[Special edition], widescreen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (45 pages ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 267
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 267.
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| Cast |
Nakadai Tatsuya, Yamazaki Tsutomu, Hagiwara Ken'ichi, Nezu Jinpachi, Ōtaki Shūji. |
| Credits |
Music, Ikebe Shin'ichiro ; cinematography, Saitō Takao, Ueda Masaharu, Screenplay, Kurosawa Akira, Ide Masato. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. |
| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital discrete surround, stereo ; dual layer ; new, restored high-definitition digital transfer. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
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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In 16th century feudal Japan, a thief is saved from execution to train as a double for one of the warlords, Shingen. Three warlords, Shingen, Nobunaga, and Ieyasu, battle for total power over Japan. When Shingen receives a mortal wound, the double must take his place to hold the Takeda clan together. |
| Note |
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. Booklet featuring new essay by Japanese culture expert Peter Grilli, an interview by Japanese film expert Tony Rayns, and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Kagemusha -- disc 2. Supplements. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
Samurai -- Japan -- Drama.
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Daimyo -- Japan -- Drama.
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| Indexed Term |
Kagemusha. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Samurai films.
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Historical films.
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War films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films -- Japan.
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Foreign language films -- Japanese.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. Producer. Director. Screenwriter.
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Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997. Producer.
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Ide, Masato, 1920-1989. Screenwriter.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- Actor.
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Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936- Actor.
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Hagiwara, Ken'ichi, 1950-2019. Actor.
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Nezu, Jinpachi, 1947-2016. Actor.
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Ōtaki, Shūji. Actor.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Kurosawa Purodakushon.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Kagemusha (the shadow warrior) |
| Added Title |
Shadow warrior |
| ISBN |
1559409541 |
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9781559409544 |
| Standard No. |
715515015622 |
| Music No. |
CC1606D Criterion |
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