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Kagemusha

1980 · directed by Akira Kurosawa · 180 min
24,152 feet · Prominence
805th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw41

Lifetime worldwide gross $4m, re-releases included; about $16m in 2026 money.

Rank6,322 of 11,051In 198074 of 84

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards46 signal → +3 lift

Oscars2 nominated International Feature Film, Production Design
BAFTAs1 won Direction2 nominated Best Picture, Craft and other
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. 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 · 810 of 4,039 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 90 legacy 55averages 62, placing it at24,152 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Kenichi Hagiwara

In these careers — elevation for this film

Tatsuya Nakadai19,553 ftTsutomu Yamazaki18,356 ftKenichi Hagiwara17,960 ftJinpachi Nezu17,939 ftDaisuke Ryū17,842 ft