Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior, 1980), Akira Kurosawa’s epic jidaigeki masterpiece, ranks among the most historically accurate and atmospherically evocative depictions of samurai life in cinema. Set in the late Sengoku period (specifically 1571–1575), it dramatizes the final years of the powerful Takeda clan under daimyō Takeda Shingen (1521–1573) and its catastrophic defeat at the Battle of … Continue reading Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior, 1980), Akira Kurosawa’s epic jidaigeki masterpiece