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Kagemusha

1980Movie3 h 0 minPG

Drama
84
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.9Letterboxd4.2/5Metacritic848.1Rotten Tomatoes89%92%
84
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.9Letterboxd4.2/5Metacritic848.1Rotten Tomatoes89%92%

Summary

A feudal epic presenting the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. The impostor becomes comfortable living his life among nobility, but his responsibilities to his station grow more demanding the longer he occupies it.

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  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Thought-provoking

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  • Pulls you in.
  • Puts you on the battlefield.
  • Feasts your eyes.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Pays off your patience.

Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.

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Artistic License – Historyin 3,078 titlesThis film, despite being Kurosawa's closest-to-history work, still takes a significant number of liberties (starting of course with the very conceit of the kagemusha).General Failurein 136 titlesTakeda Katsuyori is aggressive to a fault as a military leader, lacking his father's wisdom and judgement.All 49 tropes

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