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Kagemusha

Original title: Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior · Turkish title: Gölge Savaşçı

“The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.”

1980 · 2 h 42 min
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Japan · Japanese Golden Age
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Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Plot

A thief is made to impersonate a dying warlord.

Sinekatalog’s take

Kurosawa's late epic has a thief double a dying warlord. Visually grand and meditative, with a stunning dream sequence and battle scenes, it is a study of power and identity.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (41,478 votes)
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