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AKA The Shadow Warrior. A common thief is spared execution in order to double for the lord of the clan. A simple tale is rendered with Shakespearean power and all the elan of which Kurosawa was capable.

 

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Director Akira Kurosawa
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai

 

Genre World Cinema

 

Country Japan Language JAPANESE   Year 1980

 

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2 discs. Audio commentary from Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince; Documentary on the making of the film; 'Coppola, Lucas and Kagemusha' video interviews; 'Kurosawa's Continuity' stills gallery.

 

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Certificate PG   Length 143 mins   Label 20CFX
Cat No 0110901004   Format DVD   Colour
Region2   Aspect 1.85:1 Widescreen
Subtitles English .

 

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Article - "Akira Kurosawa" by Peter Wild
Friday 8th July 2005

Akira Kurosawa is generally regarded to be one of the greatest directors to have ever worked in the medium. Lauded later in life by Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola (who said that, “of all film directors, Kurosawa is the only one whose films y...  View article in full

 

 

Article - "Akira Kurosawa - A Restrained Affirmation" by Peter Wild
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I have Booker Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro to thank for my infatuation with Akira Kurosawa (or Kurosawa Akira as he is referred to in Japan). I interviewed Kazuo about ten years ago and he said that there was a film by Kurosawa that ranked as one of the grea...  View article in full

 

 

 

 

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