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DVD001037

Kagemusha

Kurosawa, Akira

Criterion Collection, 2005

Description:

DVD - Region 1.   viewing copy.   2 videodiscs of 2.
color.   widescreen.   sound - Dolby digital monaural.  

Notes:

Supplemental material includes commentary by Stephen Prince, as well as theatrical trailers and teasers; Suntory Whiskey commercials made on the set of KAGEMUSHA; storyboards. Plus a 48-page booklet with director interview and critical essays.

Titles

+ Kagemusha

Director:

Kurosawa, Akira

Production Co:

Toho Co., Ltd.; Kurosawa Productions

Running Time:

Feature.   180 minutes

Sound:

sound - Dolby digital monaural

Color:

color

Country:

Japan

Year:

1980

Language:

Japanese with optional English subtitles

Genre:

Drama, War

Notes:

In his late, color masterpiece, 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 mediation on the nature of power. Disc one includes commentary by Stephen Prince, as well as theatrical trailers and teasers. Disc two supplemental material includes: LUCAS, COPPOLA, AND KUROSAWA (2005, 19 minutes); documentary on the making of KAGEMUSHA; IMAGE: KUROSAWA’S CONTINUITY (41 minutes); Suntory Whiskey commercials made on the set of KAGEMUSHA; storyboards. Plus a 48-page booklet with director interview and critical essays.

Link to:

FII catalog |

+ Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa

Director:

Hendrickson, Kim

Production Co:

Criterion

Running Time:

Short.   19 minutes

Sound:

sound - monaural

Color:

color and b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

2005

Language:

English language with optional English subtitles

Genre:

Documentary

Notes:

George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, longtime fans of Kurosawa, signed on as executive producers on KAGEMUSA, helping to secure needed financing for the film. The interviews here were recorded in the late summer of 2004.

+ Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity

Director:

Yui, Masayuki

Production Co:

Kurosawa Productions;

Running Time:

Short.   43 minutes

Sound:

sound - stereo 2.0

Color:

color

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese language with optional English subtitles

Genre:

Documentary

Notes:

The following presentation uses Akira Kurosawa’s original storyboards to reconstruct the director’s vision for the film.

+ Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create

Director:

Nogami, Teruyo

Running Time:

Short.   40 minutes

Sound:

sound - stereo 2.0

Color:

color and b/w

Country:

Japan

Year:

2002

Language:

Japanese language with optional English subtitles

Genre:

Documentary

Notes:

This documentary about KAGEMUSHA is part of the Toho Masterworks series and features interviews with the actors portraying Shingen, Ieyasu, and Nobunaga.