Kagemusha (1980)

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

Movie · Action, Drama, History, War · 3h 0m · Rated 7.8/10 on TMDB · Released April 26, 1980

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.

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

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