Kagemusha1980
The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
Top-billed cast
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Media
85
Though the story's Shakespearean underpinnings give Kagemusha the weight of classic tragedy–in this case, the tragedy of a man rendered helpless by larger historical forces–the film astonishes mostly as pure spectacle.
没想到其实拍得很实在啊，要当好影子，要骗过敌人、孙子、侍妾、马，一关关都得过，仲代达矢演得真真好，最后真让人悲从中来。喝着红酒说着阿门的织田信长可爱了，唉，“人生在世五十年，大千世界一瞬间，人生不过南柯梦，幻境一场，生者无常，终须尽”
An often overlooked fine entry in the Kurasawa canon, this shows a good many western 'epics' how it's done.
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