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Kagemusha
a.k.a. The Double, The Shadow Warrior Director: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Kota Yui

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  • DVD Release Date: 03/29/2005
  • Original Release: 1980
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 386

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Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa; Theatrical trailers and teasers; New and improved English subtitle translation; Lucas, Coppola and Kurosawa featurette; A 41-minute documentary on the making of Kagemusha; Image: Kurosawa's Continuity; A series of Suntory Whiskey commercials made on the set of Kagemusha; A gallery of storyboards painted by Kurosawa and images of their realization on -screen; Plus: a 48 page booklet

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Scene Index

Side #1 -- Kagemusha
1. The Thief [6:57]
2. The Shot [8:38]
3. Rumor Spreads [5:23]
4. A Final Wish [4:06]
5. The Snpier's Re-enactment [4:37]
6. Last Words [4:37]
7. The Double Enters [3:09]
8. Spies Seek the Truth [7:17]
9. "I'm not a Puppet" [9:39]
10. The Burial [10:13]
11. Takemaru [6:24]
12. An Education in Being Shingen [10:26]
13. No Horses or Mistresses [1:30]
14. The Problem of Katsuyori [1:30]
15. A Changed Man [5:21]
16. A Test for Shingen [1:38]
17. The True Heir [2:55]
18. "Immovable as a Mountain" [1:58]
19. The Takeda Clan Meets [8:27]
20. A Tough Assignment [2:07]
21. The Dream [3:56]
22. Nobunaga Sends a Messenger [2:46]
23. Katsuyori Goes to Battle [2:56]
24. The Doctor Visits [5:39]
25. Katsuyori Recieves Support [18:15]
26. Ieyasu and Nobunaga Meet [4:45]
27. The Phantom of the Late Father [1:02]
28. The Thief is Exposed [8:16]
29. Shingen's Funeral [4:33]
30. The Battle of Nagashino [18:02]
31. End Credits [3:03]
32. Color Bars [:00]
Side #2 -- Kagemusha: The Supplements
1. A Film in Storyboards [4:01]
2. Casting [3:14]
3. Nakadai Replaces Katsu [4:55]
4. Production Recollections [8:24]
5. The Shoot [4:25]
6. Set, Lighting, and Music [8:58]
7. The Final Battle [6:58]
1. The Thief [2:13]
2. The Shot [2:28]
3. Rumor Spreads [2:08]
4. A Final Wish [1:12]
5. The Sniper's Re-enactment [:40]
6. Last Words [1:30]
7. The Double Enters [1:00]
8. Spies Seek the Truth [1:32]
9. I'm Not a Puppet [1:36]
10. The Burial [2:41]
11. Takemaru [1:10]
12. No Horses or Mistresses [1:19]
13. "Immovable as a Mountain" [1:41]
14. Nobunaga Sends a Messenger [:53]
15. Katsuyori Goes to Battle [1:32]
16. Katsuyori Receives Support [6:51]
17. Ieyasu and Nobunaga Meet [1:00]
18. The Thief is Exposed [:33]
19. Shingen's Funeral [1:24]
20. The Battle of Nagashino [10:06]
1. Commercial #1 [1:02]
2. Commercial #2 [:32]
3. Commercial #3 [:32]
4. Commercial #4 [1:02]
5. Commercial #5 [:31]

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Editorial Reviews

Just as many American studio-era directors found acclaim abroad that was denied them in their home country, by 1980 Akira Kurosawa's reputation outside Japan exceeded his esteem at home. As uncompromising as ever, he found considerable difficulty securing backing for his ambitious projects. Unsure he would be able to film it, the director, an aspiring artist before he entered filmmaking, converted Kagemusha into a series of paintings, and it was partly on the basis of these that he won the financial support of longtime admirers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Set in the 16th century, when powerful warlords competed for control of Japan, it offers an examination of the nature of political power and the slipperiness of identity. For some time, Shingen Takeda Tatsuya Nakadai has been able to stay removed from the heat of battle by using his brother Nobukado Tsutomu Yamazaki as a double. As the film opens, Nobukado offers another option, having discovered a condemned thief (also played by Tatsuya Nakadai) bearing an uncanny resemblance to the warlord. After he insists on witnessing the fall of an enemy in person, Shingen falls victim to a sniper's bullet, forcing his advisers to present the thief as the fallen warrior. At first awkward in his new position and plagued by dreams in which the spirit of his double confronts him, he slowly grows into the role even as his enemies begin to advance on his kingdom. The winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes, Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior has also been released as The Double. ~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide All Movie Guide

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March 31, 2005: This was the first Japanese, samurai-era film I had ever seen, and let me say that I was just overwhelmed by everything about it. The sense of drama, the beauty of the sets, the scale of the action sequences, and by how deeply the actors got into their characters, kudos to Kurosawa, no doubt. Romanticized as I'm sure this type of film is (much like our cowboy movies), I was so impressed that I watch Kagemusha four or five times each year, (while drinking sake, of course!). It is a pensive, thoughtful movie, more than most of the genre, but anyone who enjoys movies about the wars of feudal Japan should not miss this.