Kagemusha: Cinema Reserve Edition (UK)

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"Swift as the wind. Silent as the forest. Fierce as the fire. Immovable as the mountain"
Certificate: 12
Running Time: 152 mins
Retail Price: £17.99
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Synopsis:
Shingen, a powerful warlord, has become as legendary as the motto emblazoned on his war banners: "Swift as the wind. Silent as the forest. Fierce as the fire. Immovable as the mountain." As he lies dying from his battle wounds, Shingen orders his clan to find a double to replace him - to keep his death secret so that his enemies will not attack. The man chosen for this role is called Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior). However, Kagemusha turns out to be a petty criminal who must somehow transform himself into a great leader and command the allegiance of 25,000 Samurai warriors.
An epic drama of feudal conflict in 16th century Japan, Kagemusha was nominated for two 1980 Academy Awards® (Art Direction/Set Decoration and Best Foreign Language Film) and was co-winner of the grand prize at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Co-executive produced by Francis Coppola and George Lucas, Kagemusha remains a milestone in the brilliant career of director Akira Kurosawa.

Special Features:
Audio commentary from Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
`A Vision Realised` featurette
`Coppola, Lucas and Kagemusha` video interviews (18 mins)
`Kurosawa`s Continuity` stills gallery
`Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create` featurette (41 mins)
U.S trailers
Japanese trailers

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 4.0 Japanese

Subtitle Tracks:
French
Polish
Italian
English
German
CC: English
Portuguese
Greek
Dutch

Directed By:
Akira Kurosawa

Written By:


Starring:
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Kenichi Hagiwara
Kota Yui
Shuji Otaki
Hideo Murota

Soundtrack By:
Shinichirô Ikebe

Director of Photography:
Kazuo Miyagawa
Asakazu Nakai
Takao Saitô
Masaharu Ueda
Shoji Ueda

Production Designer:
Yoshirô Muraki

Producer:
Akira Kurosawa

Executive Producer:
Francis Ford Coppola
George Lucas
Tomoyuki Tanaka

Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox

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