Kagemusha

Tokyo: Kurosawa Productions, Circa 1980. Draft script for the 1980 film. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member with their manuscript ink annotations on several leaves. Text and titles in Japanese.

An epic jidaigeki (or period drama) set during the Sengoku period, about a lower-class criminal who becomes a political decoy for a feudal lord in order to protect his vulnerable clan. Winner of the Palme d'Or, and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Approximately 86 leaves, with last page of text numbered 146. Xerographic duplication, printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus, wrappers Very Good plus, lightly foxed, with splitting at the heel.

[Book #160925]