- Title: Kagemusha (Criterion #267) [The Shadow Warrior] / Lucas, Coppola and Kurosawa / Akira Kurosawa: It's Wonderful to Create / Image: Kurosawa's Continuity
- Summary: Upon the death of a clan chief, a look-alike is hired to replace him.
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Shuji Otaki
- Year: 1980
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- Format: DVD
- Relation: Kurosawa
- Language: Japanese with English subtitles
- Country: Japan
- Comments: The DVD includes an audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince, the nineteen minute film "Lucas, Coppola and Kurosawa," a 41 minute documentary about the making of the film ("Akira Kurosawa: It's Wonderful to Create"), a 44 minute film reconstructing "Kagemusha" through Kurosawa's paintings and sketches ("Image: Kurosawa's Continuity"), a series of whiskey commercials made on the set of Kagemusha, a comparison of storyboards and screen images and the theatrical trailer. New York Times 1000 Films
- Collection: War
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- Title: Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
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- Cast: Stephen Prince, Joan Mellen, Tadao Sato, David Desser, Donald Richie
- Country: USA
- Format: DVD
- Title: Kagemusha [The Shadow Warrior]
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Shuji Otaki
- Country: Japan
- Format: LD
