Original Name	影武者
Release Date	Oct 13, 2011
Starring	Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara
Director	Akira Kurosawa
Screen Format	Wide Screen
Video Format	NTSC
Audio	Dolby Digital
Language	Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Thai
Subtitles	Chinese, English, Thai, Korean, Indonesian, Spanish, Castilian, French, Dutch, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Croatian, Danish, Greek, Icelandic, Hebrew, Polish, Romanian, Turkish
Year	1980
Running Time	159 Minutes
Genre	Drama
Version	Hong Kong
PAX-Code	PAX0003493160
Catalog No.	BDF01109
Item Code	4717415182646

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Shingen, a powerful warlord, has become as legendary as the motto emblazoned on his war banners: "Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as the fire, immovable as the mountain". As he lies dying from his battle wounds, Shingen orders his clan to find a double to replace him - to keep his death secret so that his enemies will not attack. The man chosen for this role is called kagemusha (the shadow warrior). However this kagemusha turns out to be a petty criminal who must somehow transform himself into a great leader and command the allegiance of 25,000 samurai warriors. An epic drama of feudal conflict in 16th century Japan, "Kagemusha" was nominated for two 1980 Academy Awards (Art Direction - Set Decoration, Foreign Language Film) and was co-winner of the grand prize at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. It is a milestone in the career of Akira Kurosawa.

天正元年，武田軍攻打德川軍的野田城，武田軍的首領武田信玄受狙擊而亡。為了不動搖軍心，由貌似信玄的影武者所扮，最後信玄死去的消息被曝光，影武者也因此被放逐。黑澤明在本片拍攝前繪製兩百多幅彩圖，不停展現其對本片確切的構思，而且也引導著本片場景的拍攝，使每一個畫面，如同一幅色彩鮮明的繪圖。從大隊人馬疾馳場面、壯觀的旗幟飄揚，特別是影武者夢見惡夢光景，以及武田軍戰敗境況，都可看出黑澤明獨特大膽的繪畫式表現手法。