Magic

Rating: Null/10 (10 December 2000)

The plot is not simple, it is subtle. While watching Kagemusha your subconscious receives more information through photography, actor expressions and simple situations than from story-line.
Nakadai's acting is spell-bounding, the scene where he portrays the 'sad look' of the impersonated one is, to me, one of cinema's most fascinating character shots. Oh man! How much can you convey with one look!
I would like to read more comments describing individual scenes of Kagemusha, it is there where this movie greatness resides.