
Kagemusha
The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
1980 ja 180 minutes
Rating: 7.8
Plot
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.
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Cast

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
Takemaru's Nurse

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
Noda Castle Soldier

Yugo Miyazaki

Masatsugu Kuriyama

Norio Matsui
Tadatsugu Sakai

Jirô Chiba

Yasushi Doshida
Kazumasa Ishikawa

Takashi Watanabe

Toku Sone
Heihachiro Honda

Toshiya Ito

Francis Selleck
Priest

Morihiro Yanase

Alexander Kairis

Toshimitsu Kato

Paul Okawa

Toshihiko Shimizu

Senkichi Ōmura

Takashi Shimura
Taguchi Gyobu

Kamatari Fujiwara
Doctor