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Kagemusha 179 minutes, Japan (1980), PG

(4.5)

Rating: 4.5 Stars

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A thief is recruited to impersonate his double - a recently deceased, powerful warlord

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

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Kagemusha: Kurosawa's triumphant return to form and to costumed history evoked sighs of relief from those who had willed him back from the abyss of despair (he'd attempted suicide after the financial failure of his 1970 film Dodes'ka-den)...

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