Kagemusha
The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$6000000
Revenue
$4000000
Runtime
180 min
Release Date
1980-04-26
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
676
Vote Average
7.8
Tatsuya Nakadai
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara
Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu
Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Ōtaki
Masakage Yamagata
Daisuke Ryū
Nobunaga Oda
Masayuki Yui
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Kaori Momoi
Otsuyanokata
Mitsuko Baisho
Oyunokata
Hideo Murota
Nobufusa Baba
Takayuki Shiho
Masatoyo Naito
Kōji Shimizu
Katsusuke Atobe
Daikei Shimizu
Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto
Nobushige Oyamada
Shuhei Sugimori
Masanobu Kosaka
Kota Yui
Takemaru
Yasuhito Yamanaka
Ranmaru Mori
Kumeko Otowa
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Tetsuo Yamashita
Nagahide Niwa
Kai Ato
Zenjiro Amemiya
Takashi Ebata
Monk
Yu Shimaka
Jingoro Hara
Toshiaki Tanabe
Kugutsushi
Naruhito Iguchi
Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi
Salt Vendor
Eiichi Kanakubo
Kenshin Uesugi
Akihiko Sugizaki
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Yugo Miyazaki
Masatsugu Kuriyama
Norio Matsui
Tadatsugu Sakai
Jirô Chiba
Yasushi Doshida
Kazumasa Ishikawa
Takashi Watanabe
Toku Sone
Heihachiro Honda
Toshiya Ito
Francis Selleck
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Morihiro Yanase
Alexander Kairis
Toshimitsu Kato
Paul Okawa
Toshihiko Shimizu
Senkichi Ōmura
Takashi Shimura
Taguchi Gyobu
Kamatari Fujiwara
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