Kagemusha (1980)

Réalisateur:

Akira Kurosawa

Scénaristes:

Masato Ide (writer)
Akira Kurosawa (writer)

Date de sortie:

6 octobre 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Histoire | Guerre

Intrigue:

When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty...

Plot Keywords:

Japan | Double | Warrior | 1570s | Rites

Récompenses:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 3 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A beautiful film about human relationships

Ensemble

Tatsuya Nakadai	...	Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki	...	Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara	...	Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu	...	Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Otaki	...	Masakage Yamagata
Daisuke Ryu	...	Nobunaga Oda
Masayuki Yui	...	Ieyasu Tokugawa
Kaori Momoi	...	Otsuyanokata
Mitsuko Baisho	...	Oyunokata
Hideo Murota	...	Nobufusa Baba
Takayuki Shiho	...	Masatoyo Naito
Kôji Shimizu	...	Katsusuke Atobe
Noboru Shimizu	...	Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto	...	Nobushige Oyamada
Shuhei Sugimori	...	Masanobu Kosaka

Autre(s) titre(s):

Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)
Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior
Shadow Warrior
The Double

Durée:

180 min | Argentina:162 min | USA:162 min

Pays:

Japan

Langue:

Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:12 (1998) | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:PG | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Lieux de tournage:

Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan

Société:

Kurosawa Production Co.

Anecdotes:

When Toho Studios couldn't fulfill the budget demands of the film, American film directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola helped Akira Kurosawa by convincing 20th Century-Fox (still riding high after the success of Lucas' Star Wars (1977)) to fund the remaining portion of the budget in exchange for "Kagemusha"'s international distribution rights.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: Obvious bald caps on nearly every adult male character in the film.

Guillemet:

Masakage Yamagata: How old are you, sire? Fifty-three, as I remember.
Shingen Takeda: Why?
Masakage Yamagata: And you still behave like a five-year-old child. People gather, scatter, they go left and right following their interests. That is not surprising. But then I find you like this. With such a narrow mind, you must not dream of rulership. Go back to your own domain. You are a mountain monkey. You should be gathering nuts in the mountains of Kai.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences (2006) (V)

A beautiful film about human relationships

There's a lot that can be said about Kurosawa's work in general and this film in particular, but the thing that impressed me the most in this movie is the relationship between Kagemusha and the little boy Takemaru (the son of the warlord that Kagemusha is copying). The developing friendship between these two people of contrasting social status, upbringing and age is in my opinion one of the most deeply explored relationships in the world cinematography.

The interesting thing about it, is that nothing happens as such. The Western viewer is used to all 'deep' emotions on screen being displayed through useless running around, talking pretentious rubbish and occasionally saving your loved one from a falling meteorite, car, etc. But in "Kagemusha" all the feelings are displayed as they are in real life and yet with amazing intensity which what makes it so special. The psychological and war drama is put against a breath-taking scenery and beautiful buildings of medieval Japan which emphasize the human relationships shown in the film.