Kagemusha
Criterion/Voyager (1980)
War, Action, History
In Collection
#648
0*
Seen It:  Yes
715515048415
IMDB   8.0
179 mins Japan / Japanese
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1, Region A   PG (Parental Guidance)
Mitsuko Baisho Oyunokata
Hideo Murota Nobufusa Baba
Tatsuya Nakadai Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Jinpachi Nezu Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Daisuke Ryu Nobunaga Oda
Tsutomu Yamazaki Nobukado Takeda
Masayuki Yui Ieyasu Tokugawa
Kaori Momoi Otsuyanokata
Kenichi Hagiwara Katsuyori Takeda
Hideji Otaki Masakage Yamagata
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Producer George Lucas
Akira Kurosawa
Writer Akira Kurosawa
Masato Ide


When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, in order to protect his clan from appearing weak and vulnerable. But he finds himself haunted by the warlord’s spirit as well as his own ambitions.
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 8/18/2009
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.85:1)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks SUB [English]
Layers Dual Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa, a 19-minute interview piece in which directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss Kurosawa and Kagemusha. Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity, a 44-minute video piece reconstructing Kagemusha through Kurosawa’s paintings and sketches. Suntory Whiskey commercials made on the set of Kagemusha. A 37-page Booklet.