Film · Drama, Action, History, War
Kagemusha (1980)
The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
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.
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writers
- Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- April 26, 1980
- Original title
- 影武者
Kagemusha was released on April 26, 1980. Where to watch in United States: Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Apple TV Store (rent or buy).
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Kagemusha cast
Tatsuya NakadaiShingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu YamazakiNobukado Takeda
Kenichi HagiwaraKatsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi NezuSohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji ŌtakiMasakage Yamagata
Daisuke RyūNobunaga Oda
Masayuki YuiIeyasu Tokugawa
Kaori MomoiOtsuyanokata
Mitsuko BaishoOyunokata
Hideo MurotaNobufusa Baba- Takayuki ShihoMasatoyo Naito
Kōji ShimizuKatsusuke Atobe- Daikei ShimizuMasatane Hara
Sen YamamotoNobushige Oyamada- Shuhei SugimoriMasanobu Kosaka
- Kota YuiTakemaru
- Yasuhito YamanakaRanmaru Mori
Kumeko OtowaTakemaru's Nurse- Tetsuo YamashitaNagahide Niwa
Kai AtoZenjiro Amemiya
