Kagemusha (1980)

Top 5 Akira Kurosawa films?

Mine are:

I basically agree…would stick “Seven Samurai” in place of “High and Low”.

And I’d give an honorable mention to “The Hidden Fortress”….just because George Lucas always claimed it was an inspiration for “Star Wars”.

Kagemusha (1980) Trailer

Kagemusha (Original Soundtrack Lp, Import, 1980) $49.95 1980 JAPAN IMPORT ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK LP WITH MUSIC COMPOSED BY SHINICHI IKEBE. CLASSIC SAMURAI EPIC FILM DIRECTED BY THE LEGENDARY AKIRA KUROSAWA, STARRING TATSUYA NAKADAI. CULT COLLECTIBLE, RARE ITEM!...

Kagemusha: The (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] $24.49 Sprawling Akira Kurosawa epic of a petty thief in feudal Japan who is spared from death in order to impersonate a recently killed warlord, and who begins to take on the fiery drive of his predecessor as he leads his clan into battle. Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki star. 180 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; documentary; interviews;...

Kagemusha [VHS] $7.88 The 1970s were difficult years for the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Following the box-office failure of his 1970 film Dodes'ka-den and an unsuccessful suicide attempt, Kurosawa was unable to find financial backing in Japan, and he made his acclaimed 1975 film Dersu Uzala in Siberia with Russian financing. With only partial Japanese backing for his epic project Kagemusha, the 70-year-old...

Kagemusha - L'Ombra Del Guerriero durante le lotte per la conquista del potere a kyoto, nel giappone del xvi secolo, il principe shinge takeda, ambizioso e valoroso, muore. prevedendo la riscossa dei rivali, trattenuti dalla sua fama, il morente chiede al fratello nobukado e al figlio katsuyori, e a tutti i generali del clan, di rimanere nei propri territori e di nascondere la sua morte. nobukado, trovato un ladro in procinto di v...

Kagemusha (The Criterion Collection) $19.73 Sprawling Akira Kurosawa epic of a petty thief in feudal Japan who is spared from death in order to impersonate a recently killed warlord, and who begins to take on the fiery drive of his predecessor as he leads his clan into battle. Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki star. 180 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Japanese Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; documentary; ...