Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (Three original photographs from the 1980 film)
- N.p.: Toho Company, 1980
N.p.: Toho Company, 1980. Three vintage photographs from the 1980 film, two film still photographs, and a photograph of director Akira Kurosawa on the set with executive producers, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas.
The story of a low-class criminal taught to be the decoy (or kagemusha) of a dying feudal lord, based on the historical daimyo Takeda Shingen, and depicting the 1575 Battle of Nagashino in the cinematic climax.
When Toho Studios could not afford to complete the film, Coppola and Lucas convinced Twentieth Century Fox to cover the shortfall in exchange for international distribution rights, receiving credits as executive producers on the finished film. Nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Foreign Language Film, and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.
Set in Sengoku period, shot on location in Iga Ueno Castle, Himeji Castle, Kumamoto Castle, Yuhara Plain, Hokkaido, Japan.
8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
Criterion Collection 267.
The story of a low-class criminal taught to be the decoy (or kagemusha) of a dying feudal lord, based on the historical daimyo Takeda Shingen, and depicting the 1575 Battle of Nagashino in the cinematic climax.
When Toho Studios could not afford to complete the film, Coppola and Lucas convinced Twentieth Century Fox to cover the shortfall in exchange for international distribution rights, receiving credits as executive producers on the finished film. Nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Foreign Language Film, and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.
Set in Sengoku period, shot on location in Iga Ueno Castle, Himeji Castle, Kumamoto Castle, Yuhara Plain, Hokkaido, Japan.
8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
Criterion Collection 267.
Details
Title
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (Three original photographs from the 1980 film)
Author
Akira Kurosawa (director, screenwriter, subject); Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas (subjects); Masato Ide (screenwriter); Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara (starring)
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Toho Company: N.p.
Date
1980