Kagemusha (1980)
Country: JAP
Technical: Eastmancolor 162m
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Synopsis:
A warlord's double is hired to impersonate him, protecting him from assassination. Then the warlord dies, and he must remain in character for good.
Review:
The Japanese master returns to big budget film-making and the genre he made his own, thanks to the investment of Coppola and Lucas in this Shakespeare-worthy tale of roleplaying and loss of self. It is not without longueurs but Nakadai delivers a magnetic double performance.
Country: JAP
Technical: Eastmancolor 162m
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Synopsis:
A warlord's double is hired to impersonate him, protecting him from assassination. Then the warlord dies, and he must remain in character for good.
Review:
The Japanese master returns to big budget film-making and the genre he made his own, thanks to the investment of Coppola and Lucas in this Shakespeare-worthy tale of roleplaying and loss of self. It is not without longueurs but Nakadai delivers a magnetic double performance.
Country: JAP
Technical: Eastmancolor 162m
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Synopsis:
A warlord's double is hired to impersonate him, protecting him from assassination. Then the warlord dies, and he must remain in character for good.
Review:
The Japanese master returns to big budget film-making and the genre he made his own, thanks to the investment of Coppola and Lucas in this Shakespeare-worthy tale of roleplaying and loss of self. It is not without longueurs but Nakadai delivers a magnetic double performance.