Kagemusha (1980) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)
Kagemusha (1980) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)
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- Country of origin:
- Japan, 1980
- Age release:
- Dieser Titel ist nicht FSK-geprüft.
Delivery to minors is not possible.
Infos zu Titeln ohne Jugendfreigabe - Item number:
- 10397393
- UPC/EAN:
- 5050629680232
- Release date:
- 8.3.2021
- Series:
- Criterion Collection
- Genre:
- Drama
- Playing time ca.:
- 180 Min.
- Director:
- Akira Kurosawa
- Actor:
- Tatsuya Nakaida, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara
- Film music:
- Shinichiro Ikebe
- Original title:
- Kagemusha - Der Schatten des Kriegers
- Language:
- Japanisch, Französisch, Italienisch, Spanisch
- Sound Format:
- Surround 4.0
- Picture:
- Widescreen
- Subtitles:
- Englisch
When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, and then finds himself haunted by the warlord’s spirit as well as his own ambitions. In his late color masterpiece Kagemusha, Akira Kurosawa returns to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his career—the play between illusion and reality. Sumptuously reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a historical epic that is also a meditation on the nature of power.
Special Features
Restored high-definition digital transfer, with DTS-HD Master Audio 4.0 soundtrack
Audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa, an interview piece from 2005 in which directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss Kurosawa and Kagemusha
Documentary from 2003 on the making of the film
Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity, a piece from 1993 reconstructing Kagemusha through Kurosawa’s paintings and sketches
Suntory Whisky commercials made on the set of Kagemusha
Gallery of storyboards painted by Kurosawa and images of their realization on-screen
Theatrical trailers and teasers
Plus: An essay by scholar Peter Grilli, and an interview with Kurosawa by renowned critic Tony Rayns
Cover painting by Akira Kurosawa
Reviews
Lexikon des Int.Films: "Das berühmte Alterswerk des japanischen Regisseurs. In breitem, epischem Stil schildert der formal überwältigende Film den Niedergang eines überlebten, moralisch fragwürdigen Gesellschaftssystems - radikal in seiner Gesellschaftskritik und der Forderung nach einer gewaltfreien, von Menschlichkeit bestimmten Gesellschaft." Heyne Filmlexikon: "Brillant verpackte Gesellschaftskritik." TV Spielfilm Filmlexikon: "Imposanter Ausstattungsfilm."More from Akira Kurosawa
