The Criterion Collection
Kagemusha
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Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Year: 1980
Time: 180 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 267
Release Date: August 18 2009
MSRP:
$39.95
Blu-ray
1 Disc | BD-50
1.85:1 ratio
Japanese 4.0 DTS-HD MA Surround
Subtitles: English
Region A
Audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa, a 19-minute interview piece in which directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss Kurosawa and Kagemusha
A 41-minute documentary on the making of the film
Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity, a 44-minute video piece reconstructing Kagemusha through Kurosawa’s paintings and sketches
Suntory Whiskey commercials made on the set of Kagemusha
Gallery of storyboards painted by Kurosawa and images of their realization on-screen
Theatrical trailers and teasers
A booklet featuring a new essay by scholar Peter Grilli, and an interview with Akira Kurosawa by renowned critic Tony Rayns