Film
Kagemusha
- 7PM
Akira Kurosawa makes a glorious return to the samurai epic, captured in blazing color, in this late career triumph. Tatsuya Nakadai gives an inspired performance as both an aging warlord and the petty thief who is tasked with impersonating him—and then taking on the position permanently. Illusions mingle with reality as Kurosawa returns to the opulence of feudal Japan for a historical epic rife with ghostly spirits, battling warlords, and the seductive lure of power.
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