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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
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Title: Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

Release Date: 25 Oct 2002

Runtime: 41m

Genre: Documentary

Director: TOHO

Production Companies: TOHO

Overview: Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Kagemusha" (1980).

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Cast

  • Narrator: Masayuki Yui
  • Self: Teruyo Nogami
  • Self: Takao Saitō
  • Self: Takashi Koizumi
  • Self: Akira Kurosawa
  • Self: Daisuke Ryū
  • Self: Jinpachi Nezu
  • Self: Tatsuya Nakadai
  • Self: Kota Yui
  • Self: Kôichi Hamamura
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