Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior) (The Double) Reviews

Here, as in all of Kurosawa's late films, this sense of hopeless fixity renders unconvincing any hope for human agency.

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Dull and plodding presentation of an interesting period of Japanese history.

| Original Score: 2/5

There is beauty in Kagemusha but it is impersonal, distant and ghostly. The old master has never been more rigorous.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

Kagemusha, much like the similarly overblown but handsomely mounted Lawrence of Arabia, is an epic with a cipher in its point position.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

There are great images in this film.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

| Original Score: 5/5

| Original Score: 4/5

Despite its length, it never drags.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 4/5

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| Original Score: 4/5

At worst, the film is an empty vessel that places blind trust in affected stillness and symmetry... the movie quite often switches on a dime to more deep and meaningful textures.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

| Original Score: 4/5

A fine example of the Kurosawa style...precision of narrative in both scripting and imagistic storytelling... [Blu-ray]

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

A powerful film.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

Nakadai's performance as Kagemusha and Shingen is impressive, creating two distinct characters, one of whom eerily mimics the other

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 4/5

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