LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 12, 1980 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving as a rare piece of cinematic ephemera, highlighted by an original vintage print advertisement announcing the opening day release of  "KAGEMUSHA (Shadow Warrior)" on one of the pages. (see images).

In addition to the featured movie ad, which captures the era's distinct theatrical promotional graphics and classic key art, the surrounding pages provide a fascinating snapshot of late 20th-century entertainment and pop culture. Printed on authentic newsprint with genuine vintage toning, this original leaf is not a modern reprint, making it an ideal piece for custom framing, film history display, or inclusion in a dedicated cinema memorabilia collection.

Own a rare slice of cinema history straight from the home of the entertainment industry.

Background: Kagemusha stands as a monumental entry in cinema history, renowned for its painterly visual splendor and rare production heritage as Akira Kurosawa’s grand, color-palette prelude to Ran. Marked by its haunting dream sequence and the devastating, stylized staging of the 1575 Battle of Nagashino, the film captures the tragic absurdity of identity and power through Tatsuya Nakadai’s double-role performance as both the formidable warlord Takeda Shingen and the petty thief condemned to impersonate him. What makes the film extraordinarily rare is its landmark international rescue: when Japanese studios balked at its unprecedented budget, lifelong admirers George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola leveraged their post-Star Wars and Godfather clout to convince 20th Century Fox to co-finance the project, securing a historic joint Palme d'Or at Cannes and capturing a master filmmaker working at the absolute zenith of epic scale.