KAGEMUSHA, L'OMBRE DU GUERRIER

Release date

September 09, 2026

Genre

Drama, War, Historical

Language

VOSTF

Duration

180

Rating

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CINÉ-HISTOIRE

*Palme d'or (ex æquo) - Cannes Film Festival, 1980.

A death-row prisoner who is the spitting image of a great warlord is spared so that he can serve as his double. When the samurai dies, the kagemusha, the shadow warrior, is forced to take up arms in his place.

The film will be introduced by Pascal Bastien, professor in the Department of History at UQAM, and Frédéric Charbonneau, professor in the Department of French Language and Literature at McGill University.

Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

Actors

Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Otaki

Country

Japan, United States

Version

Original w/French subtitles

Release year

1980

KAGEMUSHA, L'OMBRE DU GUERRIER

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