Edition |
Special ed. |
Description |
2 DVDs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (45 pages ; 19 cm). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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video file |
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DVD video |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 267
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Criterion collection ; 267.
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Note |
Subtitle from container. |
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Special features include: [Disc 1] audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince author of 'The Warrior's Camera: the Cinema of Akira Kurosawa'; theatrical trailers and teasers -- [Disc 2] 'Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa' (19 min., 2005), Lucas and Coppola discuss Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of "Kagemusha"; a 41 min. documentary on "Kagemusha," part of the Toho Masterworks series 'Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create'; 'Image: Kurosawa's Continuity,' a 43 min. video piece reconstructing "Kagemusha" through Kurosawa's paintings and sketches; a series of Suntory commercials made on the set; a gallery of storyboards painted by Kurpsawa and images of their realization on-screen; a booklet featuring new essays by scholars Darrell Davis and Peter Grilli and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. |
Contents |
Disc 1. Kagemusha -- disc 2. Supplements |
Credits |
Credits: Music, Shinichiro Ikebe ; cinematography, Takao Saito and Masaharu Ueda. |
Cast |
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai ; Tsutomu Yamazaki ; Kenichi Hagiwara. |
Summary |
Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry or war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic about a peasant impersonating a nobleman in battle. Kagemusha is presented in its original uncut Japanese version, not the shortened "international version" presented by 20th Century Fox. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
System Details |
Widescreen format, 16 x 9 (aspect ratio 1.85:1). |
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DVD, Dolby digital surround; region 1; NTSC. |
Language |
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles. |
Subject |
Foreign films -- Japan.
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Foreign films. |
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Japan. |
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Motion pictures, Japanese. |
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Daimyo -- Drama.
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Daimyo. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Samurai -- Japan -- Drama.
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Samurai. |
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Japan -- History -- Period of civil wars, 1480-1603 -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Hagiwara, Ken'ichi, 1950-2019, actor.
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Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936- actor.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- actor.
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Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997, producer.
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Ide, Masato, 1920-1989, screenwriter.
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Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, director.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Kurosawa Purodakushon.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Added Title |
Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha the shadow warrior |
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Shadow warrior |
ISBN |
1559409541 |
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9781559409544 |
Standard No. |
715515015622 |
Music No. |
CC1606D Criterion Collection |
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