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Kagemusha

1980 · directed by Akira Kurosawa · 180 min
23,984 feet · Prominence
808th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw41

$4m worldwide in 1980 — $16m in today's money.

As released$4mIn 2026 money$16mRank5,427 of 8,589In 198067 of 75

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise89

Critics 87, awards 38. Half each, so Praise lands at 89.

Critics87 → 43Awards38 → 19

Oscars2 nominated International Feature Film, Production Design
BAFTAs1 won Direction
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Criterion Kurosawa, Palme winner.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.9 from 40kWikipedia14k views a monthAge46 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 677 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 41 praise 89 legacy 55averages 62, which places it at23,984 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu.