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Original title: Kagemusha
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 29, 2005
Budget USD 6,000,000
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
2 hours, 59 minutes
Country Japan
Studio 20th Century Fox, Kurosawa Productions, Toho
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Other Titles
• Shadow Warrior (1980)
• Kagemusha
• The Double
• Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior (1980)
• Kagemusha - Der Schatten des Kriegers (1980)
• The Shadow Warrior
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Genre: War, Drama, Epic, Military, Role-switching, Thieves
Plot: In this dazzling epic from Akira Kurosawa, a petty thief named Kagemusha (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets saved from a death sentence because he resembles the warlord Shingen Takeda (also Nakadai). The warlord has been fighting two other leaders for control of 16th-century Japan and impersonators often take his place during battles to put him out of harm's way. Because of Kagemusha's strong physical similarities to the warlord, he's a perfect choice for a "shadow warrior." However, the arrangement suddenly changes when Shingen gets fatally wounded while watching a battle. Adhering to Shingen's final wish, the warlord's men keep the death a secret, and Kagemusha struggles to transform himself from a criminal into a leader.KAGEMUSHA marked a welcome return for the legendary director, who had not made a movie since 1974. Nakadai, a supporting player in earlier Kurosawa films, expertly portrays the leading role(s), almost always filled in the past by Toshirô Mifune. KAGEMUSHA also features the final screen appearance of longtime Kurosawa actor, Takashi Shimura. In order to help the film get an international release, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas served as executive producers.
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