Kagemusha

Akira Kurosawa, 1980

Spine #267

Picked by 3 guests

Action / Drama / History / War

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Written by Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide

Cinematography Shoji Ueda, Takao Saitō

Edited by Akira Kurosawa

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Ōtaki, Daisuke Ryū, Masayuki Yui, Kaori Momoi

Picked by

John Darnielle actor

“This is the Shadow Warrior, Kurosawa. He also is one of those great artists who is still trying to find new ways to do what he does in his old age and is embracing Grand themes. Speaking of Shakespeare, he's super Shakespearean, he's very into the big Shakespearean questions of life and how she'll be lived and how do we atone for past actions... I will absolutely watch Kagemusha and so should you.”

John Darnielle

Dan Levy director

“And Kagemusha. Kurosawa. It's time. I have not seen it. It is time I watch it.”

Dan Levy

Wim Wenders director

Picked without comment