Kagemusha:
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Main Author: Ikeba, Shinichiro (Composer)
Other Authors: Ide, Masato 1922-1989 (Screenwriter), Saitō, Takao 1929-2014 (Cinematographer), Ueda, Shoji 1913-2000 (Cinematographer), Nakadai, Tatsuya (Actor), Yamazaki, Tsutomu 1936- (Actor), Hagiwara, Kenichi (Actor), Nezu, Jinpachi (Actor)
Format: Video Software
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] <<The>> Criterion Coll. 2005
Series:The Criterion Collection 267
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Abstract:Reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of 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.
Item Description:Bildformat: 1.85:1 aspect ratio. - New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Orig.: Japan 1980
Enth. DVD 1: Audio commentary by Stephen Prince ; new and improved English subtitle translation. - DVD 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-minute documentary on the making of Kagemusha, part of the Toho Masterworks series "Arika 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. - A 48-pages 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
Physical Description:2 DVDs, NTSC, Ländercode 1, 180 Min., farb., stereo 12 cm Beih. (45 S.)
ISBN:1559409541