Kagemusha

The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.

Drama · Action · History · War

Release date: 4/26/1980

Overview

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.

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Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Nobukado Takeda

Kenichi Hagiwara

Katsuyori Takeda

Jinpachi Nezu

Sohachiro Tsuchiya

Hideji Ōtaki

Masakage Yamagata

Daisuke Ryū

Nobunaga Oda

Masayuki Yui

Ieyasu Tokugawa

Kaori Momoi

Otsuyanokata

Mitsuko Baisho

Oyunokata

Hideo Murota

Nobufusa Baba

T

Takayuki Shiho

Masatoyo Naito

Kōji Shimizu

Katsusuke Atobe

D

Daikei Shimizu

Masatane Hara

Sen Yamamoto

Nobushige Oyamada

S

Shuhei Sugimori

Masanobu Kosaka

K

Kota Yui

Takemaru

Y

Yasuhito Yamanaka

Ranmaru Mori

Kumeko Otowa

Takemaru's Nurse

T

Tetsuo Yamashita

Nagahide Niwa

Kai Ato

Zenjiro Amemiya