Just as many American studio-era directors found acclaim abroad that was denied them in their home country, by 1980 Akira Kurosawa's reputation outside Japan exceeded his esteem at home. As uncompromising as ever, he found considerable difficulty securing backing for his ambitious projects. Unsure he would be able to film it, the director, an aspiring artist before he entered filmmaking, converted Kagemusha into a series of paintings, and it was partly on the basis of these that he won the financial support of longtime admirers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Set in the 16th century, when powerful warlords competed for control of Japan, it offers an examination of the nature of political power and the slipperiness of identity. For some time, Shingen Takeda Tatsuya Nakadai has been able to stay removed from the heat of battle by using his brother Nobukado Tsutomu Yamazaki as a double. As the film opens, Nobukado offers another option, having discovered a condemned thief (also played by Tatsuya Nakadai) bearing an uncanny resemblance to the warlord. After he insists on witnessing the fall of an enemy in person, Shingen falls victim to a sniper's bullet, forcing his advisers to present the thief as the fallen warrior. At first awkward in his new position and plagued by dreams in which the spirit of his double confronts him, he slowly grows into the role even as his enemies begin to advance on his kingdom. The winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes, Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior has also been released as The Double. ~ Keith Phipps, RoviMovie Title : Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior) (The Double)
Release Date : Apr 26, 1980 Wide Genre Movie :Drama,Art House & International,Classics
Mpaa Rating : PG Actors :Tatsuya Nakadai,Tsutomu Yamazaki,Kenichi Hagiwara,Kota Yui,Shuji Otake,Daisuke Ryu,Mitsuko Baisho,Kamatari Fujiwara,Norio Matsui,Kaori Momoi,Hideo Murota,Jinpachi Nezu,Takashi Shimura,Masayuki Yui
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At worst, the film is an empty vessel that places blind trust in affected stillness and symmetry... the movie quite often switches on a dime to more deep and meaningful textures.Keith Uhlich-Time Out New York
There are great images in this film.
Roger Ebert-Chicago Sun-Times
There is beauty in Kagemusha but it is impersonal, distant and ghostly. The old master has never been more rigorous.
Vincent Canby-New York Times
Kagemusha, much like the similarly overblown but handsomely mounted Lawrence of Arabia, is an epic with a cipher in its point position.
Eric Henderson-Slant Magazine
A fine example of the Kurosawa style...precision of narrative in both scripting and imagistic storytelling... [Blu-ray]
Peter Canavese-Groucho Reviews
Though not as overall impressive as his next picture Ran, Kagemusha, Akira Kurosawa's return to the epic Samurai film deservedly received Oscar nominations for its great pictorial beauty and other production values.
Emanuel Levy-EmanuelLevy.Com
Here, as in all of Kurosawa's late films, this sense of hopeless fixity renders unconvincing any hope for human agency.
Leo Goldsmith-Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Nakadai's performance as Kagemusha and Shingen is impressive, creating two distinct characters, one of whom eerily mimics the other
David Thomas-Filmcritic.com
Dull and plodding presentation of an interesting period of Japanese history.
Brian Mckay-eFilmCritic.com
A powerful film.
Dragan Antulov-rec.arts.movies.reviews
Despite its length, it never drags.
Amber Wilkinson-Eye for Film
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When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, in order to protect his clan from appearing weak and vulnerable. But he finds himself haunted by the warlord’s spirit as well as his own ambitions.TagLine Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior) (The Double)
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