Kagemusha (Cinema Reserve)

Kagemusha (Cinema Reserve)

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"Kagemusha is the greatest achievement in Akira Kurosawa's later period" - Empire Online

"I am my films - nothing more, nothing less" - Akira Kurosawa
In 1572 there is a civil war in Japan and three powerful clans lead by the Lords Shingen Takeda (Tatsuya Nakadai), Nobunaga Oda (Daisuke Ryu) and Leyasu Tokugawa (Masayuki Yui), dispute the conquest of Kyoto. When Shingen is mortally wounded, the Takeda clan hides the incident and uses a poor thief to be the double of the strategist Shingen and keep the respect of their enemies. Along the years, Kagemusha incorporates the spirit of the warrior of the dead warlord.
Starring:
  • Tatsuya Nakadai
  • Daisuke Ryu
  • Masayuki Yui
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Special Features:
  • Audio Commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
  • Helping a Master: 'Coppola, Lucas and Kagemusha' video interviews
  • Images: 'Kurosawa's Continuity' stills gallery
  • 'A Vision Realised' featurette
  • 'Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create' featurette
  • US Trailers
  • Japanese Trailers