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page 1Japanese war epic films

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 American-Japanese war film

Kagemusha
is a 1980 Japanese epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class petty thief who is taught to impersonate the dying daimyō Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan. Kagemusha is the Japanese term for a political decoy, literally meaning "shadow warrior". The film ends with the climactic 1575 Battle of Nagashino.

Battle of the Japan Sea
1969 film by Seiji Maruyama

Heaven and Earth
1990 film by Haruki Kadokawa

The Battle of Port Arthur
1980 film by Toshio Masuda

Legacy of the 500,000
1963 film by Toshirō Mifune

Storm Over the Pacific
1960 film by Shūe Matsubayashi

Rengōkantai Shireichōkan Yamamoto Isoroku
1968 film by Seiji Maruyama