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In his late, color masterpiece Kagemusha, Akira Kurosawa returned 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. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Kagemusha for the first time in its full-length version in the United States.
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Features:
| DISC ONE
Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa
Theatrical Trailers and teasers
DISC TWO
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (19 minutes, 2005), directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha
A 41-minute documentary on the making of Kagemusha, part of the Toto Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
Image: Kurosawa's Continuity, a 43-minute video piece reconstructing Kagemusha through Kurosawa's paintings and sketches
A series of Suntory Whiskey commercials made on the set of Kagemusha
A gallery of storyboards painted by Kurosawa and images of their realization on-screen.
PLUS: a 48 page booklet featuring a new essay by scholar Peter Grilli, a reprinted 1981 interview with Kurosawa by renowned critic Tony Rayns, and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie. | Video:
| | Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) | | Audio: (more info) | JAPANESE: Dolby Digital Surround
| Subtitles:
| | English
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| Studio: Criterion
Production Year: 1980
Release Date: 3/29/2005
Length: 180 mins
Rating: NR
| Includes: Audio Commentary
Packaging: Custom Case
Number of Discs: 2
Disc: SS-SL
Item Code: CC1606
UPC Code: 715515015622
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