 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kugadzirwa kwakatanga muna April akatevera, Kurosawa achifara zvikuru. Kupfura kwakatora kubva muna Chikumi 1979 kusvika munaKurume 1980 uye kwakatambudzwa nematambudziko, asiri iwo mashoma aive kudzingwa kwemutambi wekutanga, Shintaro Katsu - musiki weanozivikanwa kwazvo Zatoichi hunhu - nekuda kwechiitiko umo mutambi akasimbirira, achipesana nezvido zvemutungamiriri, pakurekodha vhidhiyo yake kuita. Akazotsiviwa naTatsuya Nakadai, mune yake yekutanga yemaviri akateedzana ekutungamira mabasa mufirimu raKurosawa. Firimu racho rakapedzwa masvondo mashomanene chete pashure pechirongwa uye rakavhurwa muTokyo muna April 1980. Yakakurumidza kubudirira zvikuru muJapan. Firimu racho rakanga ririwo kubudirira kwevakatsoropodza uye bhokisi rebhokisi kunze kwenyika, richibudirira iyo yaidiwa Palme dOr pa 1980 Cannes Film Festival.muna May, kunyange zvazvo vamwe vatsoropodzi, kare ikako uye zvino, vakashora firimu racho nokuda kwoutsinye hwaro hunofungidzirwa. Kurosawa akapedza nguva yakawanda yegore rakasara muEurope neAmerica achisimudzira Kagemusha, achiunganidza mibairo nerumbidzo, uye achiratidzira sehunyanzvi mifananidzo yaakanga agadzira kuti ishande semabhodhi enhau eiyo firimu. 