Kagemusha
Kagemusha [videorecording] /
Title on container: Kagemusha (the shadow warrior) Shadow warrior
Tōhō Eiga, Kurosawa Purodakushon teikei sakuhin ; purodyūsā Kurosawa Akira, Tanaka Tomoyuki ; shinario Kurosawa Akira, Ide Masato ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira.
- [Special ed.], widescreen.
- [United States] : Criterion, [2005]
- 2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (45 p. ; 19 cm.)
- Criterion collection ; 267 .
- Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 267. .
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. Special features: [disc 1] new, restored high-definition digital transfer enhanced for widescreen televisions; audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior's Camera: the Cinema of Akira Kurosawa; includes U.S. trailer, Japanese teaser and Japanese trailer; [disc 2] Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (19 min., 2005 ; interview with Lucas and Coppola) ; 41 min. documentary on Kagemusha (part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create) ; Image: Kurosawa's Continuity (43 min. video by Masayuki Yui that reconstructs Kagemusha through Kurosawa's paintings and sketches) ; Suntory commercials made on set ; storyboards. Booklet featuring new essay by Japanese culture expert Peter Grilli, an interview by Japanese film expert Tony Rayns, and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie.
Disc 1. Kagemusha -- disc 2. Supplements.
Music, Ikebe Shin'ichiro ; cinematography, Saitō Takao, Ueda Masaharu, Screenplay, Kurosawa Akira, Ide Masato. Music, Ikebe Shin'ichiro ; cinematography, Saitō Takao, Ueda Masaharu, Screenplay, Kurosawa Akira, Ide Masato.
Nakadai Tatsuya, Yamazaki Tsutomu, Hagiwara Ken'ichi, Nezu Jinpachi, Ōtaki Shūji.
In 16th century feudal Japan, a thief is saved from execution to train as a double for one of the warlords, Shingen. Three warlords, Shingen, Nobunaga, and Ieyasu, battle for total power over Japan. When Shingen receives a mortal wound, the double must take his place to hold the Takeda clan together. Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic about a peasant impersonating a nobleman in battle. Kagemusha is presented in its original 180 min. uncut Japanese version, not the shortened "international version" presented by 20th Century Fox.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital discrete surround, stereo ; dual layer ; new, restored high-definitition digital transfer.
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
1559409541 9781559409544
715515015622
CC1606D Criterion
Daimyo--Japan--Drama.
Samurai--Japan--Drama.
Kagemusha.
Feature films.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. Special features: [disc 1] new, restored high-definition digital transfer enhanced for widescreen televisions; audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior's Camera: the Cinema of Akira Kurosawa; includes U.S. trailer, Japanese teaser and Japanese trailer; [disc 2] Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (19 min., 2005 ; interview with Lucas and Coppola) ; 41 min. documentary on Kagemusha (part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create) ; Image: Kurosawa's Continuity (43 min. video by Masayuki Yui that reconstructs Kagemusha through Kurosawa's paintings and sketches) ; Suntory commercials made on set ; storyboards. Booklet featuring new essay by Japanese culture expert Peter Grilli, an interview by Japanese film expert Tony Rayns, and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie.
Disc 1. Kagemusha -- disc 2. Supplements.
Music, Ikebe Shin'ichiro ; cinematography, Saitō Takao, Ueda Masaharu, Screenplay, Kurosawa Akira, Ide Masato. Music, Ikebe Shin'ichiro ; cinematography, Saitō Takao, Ueda Masaharu, Screenplay, Kurosawa Akira, Ide Masato.
Nakadai Tatsuya, Yamazaki Tsutomu, Hagiwara Ken'ichi, Nezu Jinpachi, Ōtaki Shūji.
In 16th century feudal Japan, a thief is saved from execution to train as a double for one of the warlords, Shingen. Three warlords, Shingen, Nobunaga, and Ieyasu, battle for total power over Japan. When Shingen receives a mortal wound, the double must take his place to hold the Takeda clan together. Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic about a peasant impersonating a nobleman in battle. Kagemusha is presented in its original 180 min. uncut Japanese version, not the shortened "international version" presented by 20th Century Fox.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital discrete surround, stereo ; dual layer ; new, restored high-definitition digital transfer.
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
1559409541 9781559409544
715515015622
CC1606D Criterion
Daimyo--Japan--Drama.
Samurai--Japan--Drama.
Kagemusha.
Feature films.