Kagemusha - The Shadow Warrior ( Kagemusha )

Kagemusha - The Shadow Warrior (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Kagemusha
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
David Donatello Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
152 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Akira Kurosawa

Written By:
Masato Ide
Akira Kurosawa

Actors:
Tatsuya Nakadai ..... Shingen Takeda/Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki ..... Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara ..... Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu ..... Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Otaki ..... Masakage Yamagata
Daisuke Ryu ..... Nobunaga Oda
Masayuki Yui ..... Ieyasu Tokugawa
Kaori Momoi ..... Otsuyanokata
Mitsuko Baisho ..... Oyunokata
Hideo Murota ..... Nobufusa Baba
Takayuki Shiho ..... Masatoyo Naito
Koji Shimizu ..... Katsusuke Atobe
Noburo Shimizu ..... Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto ..... Nobushige Oyamada
Shuhei Sugimori ..... Masanobu Kosaka

Synopsis:

In 1572, there is a civil war in Japan, and three powerful clans, leaded by the lords Shingen Takeda (Tatsuya Nakadai), Nobunaga Oda (Daisuke Ryu) and Ieyasu 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.

When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty living up to his role and clashes with the spirit of the warlord during turbulent times in the kingdom.

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 14 October, 2013.