Rent Kagemusha (1980)
3.7 of 5 from 152 ratings
2h 32min
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- Synopsis:
- Shingen (Tatsuya Nakadai), a powerful warload, has become as legendary as the motto emblazoned on his war banners. "Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as the fire, immovable as the mountain". As he lies dying from his battle wounds. Shingen orders his clan to find a double to replace him - to keep his death secret so that his enemies will not attack. The man chosen for this role is called Kagemusha (the shadow of the warrior). However this Kagemusha turns out to be a petty criminal who must somehow transfer himself into a great leader and command allegiance of 25,000 samurai warriors.
- Actors:
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Ôtaki, Daisuke Ryû, Masayuki Yui, Kaori Momoi, Mitsuko Baishô, Hideo Murota, Takayuki Shiho, Kôji Shimizu, Noboru Shimizu, Sen Yamamoto, Shuhei Sugimori, Kota Yui, Yasuhito Yamanaka, Kumeko Otowa, Tetsuo Yamashita, Kai Atô
- Directors:
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producers:
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writers:
- Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa
- Others:
- Takao Saitô, Yoshiro Muraki, Masaharu Ueda, Seiichiro Momosawa
- Aka:
- Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Getting to Know: Catherine Deneuve, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 2, The Film Highlights of 1980, The Instant Expert's Guide to: Akira Kurosawa, Top 10 Award Winners at the London Film Festival, Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top 10 Cannes Palme d'Or Winners
- Countries:
- Japan
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/03/2014
- Run Time:
- 159 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
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- Bonus:
- Commentary with Stephen Prince, Author of The Warrior's Camera The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa
- US Trailer
- Japanese Trailer
- Japanese Teaser
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Reviews (2) of Kagemusha
kagemusha - Kagemusha review by CP Customer
This film is good but unfortunately not one of Akira Kurosawa's best. It is a bit too long and not as gripping as his films from the 50's and 60's, like yojimbo or seven samurai.
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Kagemusha - Kagemusha review by Oli
I'll begin this by saying I agree with the above, though Ran is one of my favourite Kurosawa movies (and I love kurosawas 50's/60's work too), and I also love Dersu Uzala, I think this one lacks a lot for me, you don't really connect with any of the characters like you would in other Kurosawa films, I'm thinking like in Red Beard, Seven Samurai, Ikiru and the other 2 I mentioned. Nakadai is a brilliant actor though so he deserves special mention, I just think like many other reviews have said on the internet this was more of a stepping stone to Ran, it's worth a watch especially for Kurosawa fans like me, but it does begin to feel long winded, today I rewatched an hour of it and it was already feeling lacklustre, I gave it 3* though as it has it's moments, and an intriguing storyline, though it lacks interesting characters and interesting dialogue like many other Kurosawas films.
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