Kagemusha

1980 film directed by Akira Kurosawa
Movie film Q854990
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Kagemusha

Summary

Kagemusha is a film[1]. Kagemusha ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kagemusha received the César Award for Best Foreign Film[3].
  • Kagemusha received the Palme d'Or[4].
  • Kagemusha's instance of is recorded as film[5].
  • Kagemusha's director is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[6].
  • Kagemusha's screenwriter is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[7].
  • Kagemusha's composer is recorded as Shin'ichirō Ikebe[8].
  • Kagemusha's genre is recorded as drama film[9].
  • Kagemusha's genre is recorded as war film[10].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Tatsuya Nakadai[11].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Kaori Momoi[12].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Takashi Shimura[13].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Tsutomu Yamazaki[14].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Jinpachi Nezu[15].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Hideji Ōtaki[16].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Daisuke Ryū[17].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Mitsuko Baishō[18].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Hideo Murota[19].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Ken'ichi Hagiwara[20].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Kamatari Fujiwara[21].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Masayuki Yui[22].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Kōji Shimizu[23].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Daikei Shimizu[24].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Sen Yamamoto[25].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Kumeko Otowa[26].
  • Kagemusha's cast member is recorded as Kai Atō[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Francis Ford Coppola[28], Akira Kurosawa[29], George Lucas[30], and Tomoyuki Tanaka[31]. Kagemusha's director is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[6]. Kagemusha's screenwriter is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[7]. Cast members include Tatsuya Nakadai[11], Kaori Momoi[12], Takashi Shimura[13], Tsutomu Yamazaki[14], Jinpachi Nezu[15], and Hideji Ōtaki[16].

Publication

Publication dates include +1980-04-26T00:00:00Z[32] and +1980-10-17T00:00:00Z[33]. Kagemusha's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese[34]. Genres include drama film[9] and war film[10].

Reception

Awards received include César Award for Best Foreign Film[3], a César Award[35], in France[36], founded in 1976[37] and Palme d'Or[4], a Cannes Film Festival Awards[38], in France[39], founded in 1955[40], headquartered in Cannes[41]. Reviews include 7.6/10[42], 84/100[43], and 89%[44].

Why It Matters

Kagemusha ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month).[2] Kagemusha has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Kagemusha is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

FAQs

What awards did Kagemusha receive?

Honors received include César Award for Best Foreign Film[3] and Palme d'Or[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  6. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [28] . wikidata.org.
  25. [29] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.
  28. [3] . wikidata.org.
  29. [4] . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [42] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [43] . wikidata.org.
  33. [44] . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . filmdienst.de. filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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