Kagemusha (1980)
When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty living up to his role and clashes with the spirit of the warlord during turbulent times.
AKA: The Shadow Warrior
Country: Japan
Directed By: Akira Kurosawa
Written By: Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide
Starring: Kaori Momoi, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Masayuki Yui, Mitsuko Baishô, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Hideji Ôtaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takayuki Shiho
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Kagemusha belongs to 63 collections
1. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 146 stars)
2. Palme d'Or (public: moderated by mpowell - 70 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 38 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 32 stars)
5. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (public: moderated by theficionado - 29 stars)
6. Netflix Instant (public: moderated by somnivore - 28 stars)
7. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2014 revision) (public: moderated by Jehan - 27 stars)
8. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
9. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2017 revision) (public: moderated by iconogassed - 20 stars)
10. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (public: moderated by epiphany - 19 stars)
11. Kinema Junpo 200 Greatest Japanese films (2009 list) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 16 stars)
12. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2013 revision) (public: moderated by rant1229 - 16 stars)
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25. Old directors (70+) (public: moderated by von krogh - 3 stars)
26. One Actor, Multiple Roles (public: moderated by iconogassed - 2 stars)
27. César Award for Best Foreign Film (public: moderated by juandr - 2 stars)
28. J. Castedo's "The Top 100 Films of the 20th Century" (public: moderated by CCLZA - 1 star)
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Some very impressive staging and imagery, in particular the dream sequence, but the story, about guys doing some guy stuff, is lacking, the underlying themes have limited interest, and, regardless of the numbers of extras and horses hired, the aesthetic too often veers towards kitsch.
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Kagemusha had no excuse for not being great, so I'm gonna be hard on it. The basic plot is elegant and promises a psychologically intense experience. Unfortunately, the realization is not up to it. Even the dramatically relevant scenes lack some backbone, and these are so diluted with irrelevant generic epic stuff you are hardly awake to really catch them. The Oda Nobunaga related historical references (as well as the acting) are distracting and annoyingly scholar.
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Epic in scope, but suprisingly slow - many scenes are simply static camera conversations between seated characters. Fortunately, the costumes and colors are fantastic to look at, so the film never drags.
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An epic film about the death of a great warlord which his clan survived only on his power. His body double is then recruited to pretend to be the warlord for 3 years to keep the clan from falling apart.
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Not, in honesty, enough story to sustain the entirety of its three hours, but something of a visual masterpiece. Those colours...
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A great jidaigeki with sweeping scope and splashes of kabuki or kaidan stylistics. The layered and kinda Shakespearian story centres on social perceptions of personages heightened by war, politics & family drama. Despite the somewhat dragging plot Kurosawa's exploration of the visual dimensions of cinema is always interesting and Nakadai really shines in the complex dual role. Not as monumentally effective or well paced as Ran but as far as any kind of criticism goes that's a little unwarranted.
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