The legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa made this astonishing epic between his masterpieces Dersu Uzala and Ran. The film is grand on scope that Kurosawa that only Kurosawa can pull off but because of the great scope it lacks on intimacy that made his other films so compelling. The story set in 16Th century Japan when a civil war divided the country. The most powerful of the rulers, Shingen Takeda is well aware of the situation and his mortality, arranges for double that should replace him. A thief becomes the Kagemusha or shadow of the great warrior fooling everybody after Shingen dies. The production design and cinematography of this sweeping epic is magnificent and the highlight of this epic by of cinema's great masters. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Kagemusha
The legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa made this astonishing epic between his masterpieces Dersu Uzala and Ran. The film is grand on scope that Kurosawa that only Kurosawa can pull off but because of the great scope it lacks on intimacy that made his other films so compelling. The story set in 16Th century Japan when a civil war divided the country. The most powerful of the rulers, Shingen Takeda is well aware of the situation and his mortality, arranges for double that should replace him. A thief becomes the Kagemusha or shadow of the great warrior fooling everybody after Shingen dies. The production design and cinematography of this sweeping epic is magnificent and the highlight of this epic by of cinema's great masters. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.
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