Kagemusha

Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha is a visually stunning masterpiece of Japanese cinema, now beautifully restored in this Criterion Collection edition. This epic war drama tells the compelling story of identity and power as a thief is recruited to impersonate a dying warlord, navigating the treacherous political landscape of feudal Japan.

Description

Akira Kurosawa directs this Japanese war drama starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Tsutomu Yamazaki. When a warlord, who uses lookalikes of himself in battle, is killed, one of his doubles takes over his role. He is coached by underlings to perform properly but eventually he is exposed by a concubine.

Unable to relinquish his role completely, the lookalike goes into battle one last time...