Kagemusha

DVD 2005

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.

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 267 Criterion collection ; 267 DVD

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ISBN:

9781681432960

Edition:

Two-DVD Special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (180 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 2.0
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG
Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Other Title:

Kagemusha (Motion picture) [DVD]

Notes:

Title from container
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
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
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0
For private home use only
Audio track in Japanese, with optional subtitles in English

Contents:

Disc 1. Kagemusha (DVD)
Disc 2. Bonus disc (DVD)

Control Number:

3035489

UPC:

715515197212

Other Authors:

Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Hagiwara, Ken'ichi, 1950-2019, actor
Ide, Masato, 1920-1989, screenwriter
Ikebe, Shin'ichirō, composer (expression)
Kurosawa Purodakushon, production company
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, film producer, film director, screenwriter
Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- actor
Nezu, Jinpachi, 1947-2016, actor
Saitō, Takao, 1929-2014, director of photography
Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997, film producer
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, production company
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., production company
Ueda, Shōji, 1938- director of photography
Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936- actor

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