Kagemusha
1980 · 180 min
Action · Drama · History · War
★ 7.8Trailer
A feudal epic presenting the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. The impostor becomes comfortable living his life among nobility, but his responsibilities to his station grow more demanding the longer he occupies it.
Crew
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Screenplay Akira Kurosawa
- Screenplay Masato Ide
- Director of Photography Shoji Ueda
- Director of Photography Takao Saitō
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
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Takayuki Shiho
Masatoyo Naito
Kōji Shimizu
Katsusuke Atobe
Crew
- Director — Akira Kurosawa
- Screenplay — Akira Kurosawa
- Screenplay — Masato Ide
- Director of Photography — Shoji Ueda
- Director of Photography — Takao Saitō
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