Review of Kagemusha (1980) by Luke R — 05 Jun 2007

Phenomenal. Everyone needs to stop seeing Spider-man movies and watch THIS. This is a REAL movie.

This review of Kagemusha (1980) was written by Luke R on 05 Jun 2007.

Kagemusha has generally received very positive reviews.

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