Kagemusha (1980)

Name: Kagemusha
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Released: 1980-04-26
Duration: 180 min
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Ōtaki

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.

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Released 1980-04-26 · 180 min · Action, Drama, History, War

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara as Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu as Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Ōtaki as Masakage Yamagata
Daisuke Ryū as Nobunaga Oda
Masayuki Yui as Ieyasu Tokugawa
Kaori Momoi as Otsuyanokata
Mitsuko Baisho as Oyunokata
Hideo Murota as Nobufusa Baba
Takayuki Shiho as Masatoyo Naito
Kōji Shimizu as Katsusuke Atobe
Daikei Shimizu as Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto as Nobushige Oyamada
Shuhei Sugimori as Masanobu Kosaka