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Kagemusha

Original title: 影武者

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

  • Movie
  • 1980
  • PG
  • 3h

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

7.8

TMDB audience rating
7.8 out of 10 from 778 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Tatsuya Nakadai

    Tatsuya NakadaiShingen Takeda / Kagemusha

  • Tsutomu Yamazaki

    Tsutomu YamazakiNobukado Takeda

  • Kenichi Hagiwara

    Kenichi HagiwaraKatsuyori Takeda

  • Jinpachi Nezu

    Jinpachi NezuSohachiro Tsuchiya

  • Hideji Ōtaki

    Hideji ŌtakiMasakage Yamagata

  • Daisuke Ryū

    Daisuke RyūNobunaga Oda

  • Masayuki Yui

    Masayuki YuiIeyasu Tokugawa

  • Kaori Momoi

    Kaori MomoiOtsuyanokata

  • Mitsuko Baisho

    Mitsuko BaishoOyunokata

  • Hideo Murota

    Hideo MurotaNobufusa Baba

  • Takayuki ShihoMasatoyo Naito

  • Kōji Shimizu

    Kōji ShimizuKatsusuke Atobe

  • Daikei ShimizuMasatane Hara

  • Sen Yamamoto

    Sen YamamotoNobushige Oyamada

  • Shuhei SugimoriMasanobu Kosaka

  • Kota YuiTakemaru

  • Yasuhito YamanakaRanmaru Mori

  • Kumeko Otowa

    Kumeko OtowaTakemaru's Nurse

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Akira Kurosawa and Masato Ide
Music
Shinichiro Ikebe
Cinematography
Shoji Ueda and Takao Saitō