Kagemusha
影武者by Akira Kurosawa2h591979Japan
Recommended byJerry Schatzberg, Nicole Garcia
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A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
Credits
- Distributor : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- Production Compagny : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Kurosawa Production
- Associated Producer : Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas
- Photo Director : Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitō, Masaharu Ueda
- Editing : Akira Kurosawa, Tome Minami
- Producer : Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Director : Akira Kurosawa
- Scenario : Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide
- Set Decoration : Yoshirō Muraki
- Sound Recorder : Fumio Yanoguchi
- Original Music : Shinichiro Ikebe
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Year of production : 1979
- French release date : 1 octobre 1980
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : Japanese
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