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Kagemusha

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Kagemusha
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PG,2hrs 59min
Genres:
Drama,War
Release:
1980
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Distributor:
FoxVideo
Starring:
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara  ...more
Synopsis: Just as many American studio-era directors found acclaim abroad that was denied them in their home country, by 1980 Akira Kurosawa's reputation outside Japan exceeded his esteem at home. As uncompromising as ever, he found considerable difficulty securing backing for his ambitious projects. Unsure he would be able to film it, the director, an aspiring artist before he entered filmmaking, converted Kagemusha into a series of paintings, and it was partly on the basis of these that he won the financial ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Jardine, AMG Review
Kagemusha was an atypical entry in the canon of Akira Kurosawa, the master of the samurai epic. At the time, Kurosawa was gradually losing his eyesight, and his films were developing an increasingly impressive visual splendor. However, in Kagemusha, the action sequences are much less thrilling than in Kurosawa's other samurai epics. Here his focus is on character development and philosophical discourse. ... Full Review
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Tatsuya Nakadai
Shingen Takeda/Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara
Katsuyori Takeda
Kota Yui
Takemaru
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