Kagemusha

Kagemusha

180 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | April 26, 1980

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.

Kagemusha

180 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | April 26, 1980

Kagemusha
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers 20th Century Fox, American Zoetrope, Toho Company, Ltd., Kurosawa Production Co.
Original title 影武者
Directors Akira Kurosawa
Writers Masato Ide, 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 Ôtaki

as Masakage Yamagata

Daisuke Ryû

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

Kôji Shimizu

as Katsusuke Atobe

Daikei Shimizu

as Masatane Hara

Sen Yamamoto

as Nobushige Oyamada

Shuhei Sugimori

as Masanobu Kosaka

Kota Yui

as Takemaru

Yasuhito Yamanaka

as Ranmaru Mori

Kumeko Otowa

as Takemaru's Nurse

Tetsuo Yamashita

as Nagahide Niwa

Kai Atō

as Zenjiro Amemiya

Takashi Ebata

as Monk

Yû Shimaka

as Jingoro Hara

Toshiaki Tanabe

as Kugutsushi

Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi

as Salt Vendor

Eiichi Kanakubo

as Kenshin Uesugi

Akihiko Sugizaki

as Noda Castle Soldier

Norio Matsui

as Tadatsugu Sakai

Yasushi Doshida

as Kazumasa Ishikawa

Toku Sone

as Heihachiro Honda

Francis Selleck

as Priest

Takashi Shimura

as Taguchi Gyobu

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Doctor