Kagemusha (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray Disc)
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- Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Kaori Momoi
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Studio: Criterion Collection
- Rating: PG
- Running Time: 3 hrs. 1 min.
- Release Date: August 18, 2009
SYNOPSIS:
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.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
· Restored high-definition digital transfer with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
· Audio commentary featuring Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince (The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa)
· Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (19 minutes, 2005), in which 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 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
· Image: Kurosawa's Continuity, a new video piece that reconstructs 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
· Theatrical trailers and teasers
· Optional English subtitle translation
· PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by scholar Peter Grilli and an interview with Kurosawa by renowned critic Tony Rayns
· Audio commentary featuring Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince (The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa)
· Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (19 minutes, 2005), in which 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 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
· Image: Kurosawa's Continuity, a new video piece that reconstructs 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
· Theatrical trailers and teasers
· Optional English subtitle translation
· PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by scholar Peter Grilli and an interview with Kurosawa by renowned critic Tony Rayns
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