Kagemusha - CRITERION - OFFICIAL TRAILER

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In his late color masterpiece "Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)," director Akira Kurosawa returned to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his celebrated career-the play between illusion and reality. Sumptuously reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic that is also a somber meditation on the nature of power. Criterion is proud to present Kagemusha for the first time in its full-length, three-hour original version.

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• Kagemusha
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• Akira Kurosawa
• feudal japan
• samurai
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[abax84]

This is just the preview. If you haven't seen the movie. You should. The music is perfect. Everything Kurosawa does is perfect.

[TFCHooligan69]

Saw this on the big screen today and loved it.

[furi0usfungus]

probably one of the most visually striking movies i've ever seen

[whatsgoingon07]

i watched it as a kid and i was so awesome!!

[Finarphin]

@xaxie1 Ran is a much better movie overall, but Kagemusha, I thought, had better color and better photography.

[TheSwedishFilmNerd]

@xaxie1 Kurosawa himself said that Kagemusha was just training ground to prepare himself to make Ran

[althesmith]

@xaxie1 : AFAIK, Kagemusha was directly based on historical events. Ran, while set in the same era, was Kurosawa's tribute to Shakespear's King Lear.

[nikandnana]

I watched this so many times in the 80s. It's a great film. Love Ran and Rashomon too.

[xaxie1]

Which is better

Kagemusha, or Ran?

[TheNEWfilmfanatic99]

I'm glad the New York Times finds it to be "... most awesome"

[blueberryhappymai]

@beepandbop it's available at Amazon