Movie #: 573 Title: KAGEMUSHA 1980

Rating: 9.20

Director (last): KUROSAWA (first): AKIRA

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Set in 16th century Japan, a thief is persuaded to take the place of a dead warlord by his circle of generals/allies, who fear a general uprising if word leaks out. Every scene is a pictorial gem, the action rivetting. Kurosawa puts more implied action in static shots than anyone after Chaplin.

Is this movie a "gem"? No

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Added: 1993-01-19 [yyyy-mm-dd]