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267 Kagemusha
Kagemusha
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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. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Kagemusha for the first time in its full-length version in the United States.
AVAILABLE IN DOUBLE-DVD AND BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITIONS:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer enhanced for widescreen televisions (DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on Blu-ray edition)
- Audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince (The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa)
- Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (19 minutes, 2005), 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
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A 48-page booklet featuring a new essay by scholar Peter Grilli, a reprinted 1981 interview with Kurosawa by renowned critic Tony Rayns, and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie
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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. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Kagemusha for the first time in its full-length version in the United States.
AVAILABLE IN DOUBLE-DVD AND BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITIONS:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer enhanced for widescreen televisions (DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on Blu-ray edition)
- Audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince (The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa)
- Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (19 minutes, 2005), 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
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A 48-page booklet featuring a new essay by scholar Peter Grilli, a reprinted 1981 interview with Kurosawa by renowned critic Tony Rayns, and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie
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- Steven H
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I'm very excited about this "piece" (how often does Criterion use this term?). Along with the Prince commentary, and I'm there... though usually later Kurosawa's don't interest me too much.Image: Kurosawa's Continuity, a new video piece that reconstructs Kagemusha through Kurosawa's paintings and sketches
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On purpose, certainly, but there could have been unresolved rights to that version -- like if they ever do Lola Montes again I think the Ophuls estate is sitting on the 140 minute version of that film, so nobody can see it, and of course, Playtime was issued in a shorter cut.[/b]cinephrenic wrote:I don't remember a time where Criterion has purposely not released a title uncut. That is part of their reputation.
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oh man March cannot wait that long but I geuss I'll just have both films this and The Sword of Doom.
So they probably moved it to March so they can release the Uncut version of the film which was never rleased outside of Japan. I hope they will release it uncut. The original film has a Uesugi Kenshin involvement etc.. dont remmember exactly but I am sure that it was cut in the International version.
So they probably moved it to March so they can release the Uncut version of the film which was never rleased outside of Japan. I hope they will release it uncut. The original film has a Uesugi Kenshin involvement etc.. dont remmember exactly but I am sure that it was cut in the International version.
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I'm starting to think the very reason it was pushed back was because of the sword of doom. After all, they are both samurai films with the same leading man. I know I'm going to buy them both at the same time, and since I have Fighting Elegy and Youth of the Beast to hold me over, I'm not too upset about the delay.
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