Tatsuya Nakadai,
Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Kenichi Hagiwara,
Jinpachi Nezu,
Hideji Otaki
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On the death of a clan chief his place is taken by the lookalike hired to overlook the battlefields while the chief is really busy elsewhere.
DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005
Stats: 609 reviews
Epic, tragic and a treat for the eyes. Falls short of Kurosawa's Ran, but just barely.
*NOTE: The three hour run time means that it is definitely not hemorrhoid friendly.
interesting but never enveloping. we have a thief who plays a chief, turns out he's more worthy than the bloated ego of the original. the tragedy is he flails, becomes good at his newfound trade and eventually shows through. locked inside a prison of skin can't be fun. what i lik...( read more)
Akira Kurosawa struggled to make "Kagemusha", his 27th film, for almost a decade. Unable to find financial backing for years (which would be a common problem in Kurosawa's career), the film was finally financed by the highly successful American directors Francis Ford Coppola and ...( read more)
I saw the movie twice in two days, and it's an interesting movie, very different from his other work.
I found out that the role that Nakadai plays, was originally written for Katsu Shintaro, but that they didn't get along at all, and Kurosawa had to look for another actor to st...( read more)
Kurosawa may have referred to it as a dress rehersal for Ran, but Kagemusha is an incredible film in its own right. Never getting dragged down throughout its 3 hour running time, Kurosawa again proves (if proof be needed) that he is certainly a master of pace. Kurosawa shows he i...( read more)
Kagemusha is a Kurosawa?s masterpiece and one of those films which capture all your senses. It gives a profound insight in the pre-Tokugawa period in Japan. Especially remarkable is the atmosphere of this film with extraordinary colors and very well-made sceneries. Also film co...( read more)
This starts really good, I was thinking this might be the best I've seen from Kurosawa, but then, as the movie progressed, I had the impression that the plot was going backwards. The movie loses momentum half way through and I had to make a real effort to see this till the end.
Despite the typical art direction, Kurosawa seems to have gotten confused here. Either confused or pretentious, Kurosawa mixes breathtaking colors (holy cow...) and a powerful, climatic battle scene, making it a very nice predecessor of Ran. Be it as it may, Kagemusha is a feast ...( read more)
The epic pre-cursor to Ran. Astonishing, complex and a flawed main character grounds this eye-popping period piece.
De Akira Kurosawa y George Lucas. Un rey muere y es sustituido por un gemelo de clase pobre. Una historia tan antigua como el mundo.
A ratos esta aburrida.
i'm glad i bought this old movie it made me smile but feel sorry for the double i know the history of the takade clan and its nice to see some of it played out!
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