Film

Kagemusha

1980 · 3h · Action · Drama · History

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

IMDb

7.9

Rotten Tomatoes

89%

Metacritic

84

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.

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

• Akira KurosawaDirector · Screenplay · Producer · Editor
• Masato IdeScreenplay
• Tomoyuki TanakaExecutive Producer
• Francis Ford CoppolaExecutive Producer
• George LucasExecutive Producer
• Shoji UedaDirector of Photography
• Takao SaitōDirector of Photography
• Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer

Kagemusha (1980) Original Trailer [4K]

Release date

April 26, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

3h

Rated

PG

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$4,000,000

Genres

Action, Drama, History, War

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