Kagemusha : The shadow warrior /
Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry or war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic about a peasant impersonating a nobleman in battle. Kagemusha is presented in its original 180 min. uncut Japanese version, not the shortened "international version" presented b...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | In Japanese with optional new and improved English subtitles. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2005]
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| Edition: | Special ed. double-disc set. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
267. |
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| Summary: | Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry or war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic about a peasant impersonating a nobleman in battle. Kagemusha is presented in its original 180 min. uncut Japanese version, not the shortened "international version" presented by 20th Century Fox. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. A foreign film (Japan). Aspect ratio 1.85:1; enhanced for widescreen televisions. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Accompanying booklet features a new essay by Peter Grilli, an interview by Tony Rayns, and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie. Special features: [disc] 1. Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of The warrior's camera : the cinema of Akira Kurosawa ; Theatrical trailers and teasers -- [disc] 2. Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (19 min., 2005), directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha ; A 41 min. documentary on the making of Kagemusha, part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa : it is wonderful to create ; Image : Kurosawa's continuity, a 43 min. video that reconstructing Kagemusha through Kurosawa's paintings and sketches ; A series of Suntory Whiskey commercials made on set of Kagemusha ; A gallery of storyboards painted by Kurosawa and images of their realization on-screen. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (45 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital, discrete surround stereo. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Music, Shinichiro Ikebe ; cinematography, Takao Saito and Masaharu Ueda. |
| ISBN: | 1559409541 |