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Kagemusha, the shadow warrior /

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Set in 16th-century Japan, the drama centers on the rise of an unlikely leader of Samurai warriors. A condemned thief is spared if he will impersonate a dead warlord. At first manipulated by his advisors, the thief begins to take on the aspects of his "predecessor."

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, CBS Fox Video
Other Authors: Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-, Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936-, Hagiwara, Kenʻichi, 1950-
Format: Video VHS
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In Japanese with English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : CBS/FOX Video, [1990?]
Subjects:
Samurai films.
Samurai > Japan > Drama.
Daimyo > Japan > Drama.
Impostors and imposture > Japan > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Set in 16th-century Japan, the drama centers on the rise of an unlikely leader of Samurai warriors. A condemned thief is spared if he will impersonate a dead warlord. At first manipulated by his advisors, the thief begins to take on the aspects of his "predecessor."
Item Description:Videocassette release of the 1980 motion picture.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (160 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Audience:Japanese
Production Credits:Photography, Takao Saito and Shoji Ueda ; art, Yoshiro Muraki ; music, Shinichiro Ikebe.