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Kagemusha
Kagemusha

Kagemusha

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

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ActionDramaHistoryWar

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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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Budget

$6000000

Revenue

$4000000

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

180 mins

Rating

7.806/10

Release Date

26 April 1980

Country

Japan

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Nobukado Takeda

Kenichi Hagiwara

Kenichi Hagiwara

Katsuyori Takeda

Jinpachi Nezu

Jinpachi Nezu

Sohachiro Tsuchiya

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki

Masakage Yamagata

Daisuke Ryū

Daisuke Ryū

Nobunaga Oda

Masayuki Yui

Masayuki Yui

Ieyasu Tokugawa

Kaori Momoi

Kaori Momoi

Otsuyanokata

Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko Baisho

Oyunokata

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Nobufusa Baba

Takayuki Shiho

Takayuki Shiho

Masatoyo Naito

Kōji Shimizu

Kōji Shimizu

Katsusuke Atobe

Daikei Shimizu

Daikei Shimizu

Masatane Hara

Sen Yamamoto

Sen Yamamoto

Nobushige Oyamada

Shuhei Sugimori

Shuhei Sugimori

Masanobu Kosaka

Kota Yui

Kota Yui

Takemaru

Yasuhito Yamanaka

Yasuhito Yamanaka

Ranmaru Mori

Kumeko Otowa

Kumeko Otowa

Takemaru's Nurse

Tetsuo Yamashita

Tetsuo Yamashita

Nagahide Niwa

Kai Ato

Kai Ato

Zenjiro Amemiya

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Ebata

Monk

Yu Shimaka

Yu Shimaka

Jingoro Hara

Toshiaki Tanabe

Toshiaki Tanabe

Kugutsushi

Naruhito Iguchi

Naruhito Iguchi

Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi

Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi

Salt Vendor

Eiichi Kanakubo

Eiichi Kanakubo

Kenshin Uesugi

Akihiko Sugizaki

Akihiko Sugizaki

Noda Castle Soldier

Yugo Miyazaki

Yugo Miyazaki

Masatsugu Kuriyama

Masatsugu Kuriyama

Norio Matsui

Norio Matsui

Tadatsugu Sakai

Jirô Chiba

Jirô Chiba

Yasushi Doshida

Yasushi Doshida

Kazumasa Ishikawa

Takashi Watanabe

Takashi Watanabe

Toku Sone

Toku Sone

Heihachiro Honda

Toshiya Ito

Toshiya Ito

Francis Selleck

Francis Selleck

Priest

Morihiro Yanase

Morihiro Yanase

Alexander Kairis

Alexander Kairis

Toshimitsu Kato

Toshimitsu Kato

Paul Okawa

Paul Okawa

Toshihiko Shimizu

Toshihiko Shimizu

Senkichi Ōmura

Senkichi Ōmura

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Taguchi Gyobu

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

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