Kagemusha
The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
7.8(748) 1980-04-26 180 minActionDramaHistoryWar
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.
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
ProducerAkira Kurosawa
Original Music ComposerShinichiro Ikebe
ScreenplayMasato Ide
Cast & characters
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
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Takayuki Shiho
as Masatoyo Naito
Kōji Shimizu
as Katsusuke Atobe
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Daikei Shimizu
as Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto
as Nobushige Oyamada
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Shuhei Sugimori
as Masanobu Kosaka
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Kota Yui
as Takemaru
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Yasuhito Yamanaka
as Ranmaru Mori
Kumeko Otowa
as Takemaru's Nurse
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Tetsuo Yamashita
as Nagahide Niwa
Kai Ato
as Zenjiro Amemiya
Takashi Ebata
as Monk
Yu Shimaka
as Jingoro Hara
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Toshiaki Tanabe
as Kugutsushi
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Naruhito Iguchi
as —
