Review of Kagemusha (1980) by Sean V — 05 Dec 2007

Tetsuya Nakadai is possibly my favorite actor. This movie is one of those reasons.

This review of Kagemusha (1980) was written by Sean V on 05 Dec 2007.

Kagemusha has generally received very positive reviews.

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