In 1970, "どですかでん" directed by Wind Man failed miserably at the box office. No company was willing to invest in Wind Man anymore. Wind Man's creation fell into a low ebb, and he even tried to commit suicide. The visiting American directors Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas are both "fans" of Wind Man. The two decided to help their senior Wind Man raise funds to shoot a new film. 20th Century Fox invested in Japan's Toho Company, Limited. They were the producer of the new film, so Wind Man made his third color film-"Kagemusha".
The cost of the film is huge, and various funds are shared to a huge amount of 2.5 billion yen. The big scenes in the movie are mainly concentrated in the battle of Changxiao. Wind Man used a large number of extras, horses and props when filming this scene. The whole scene was hailed as "the pinnacle of the cold weapon war film." And this battle is also extremely famous in history
. More than 300 horses were used in the movie, but no CG special effects for one second were used. It took a year and a half to make it
.
