Kagemusha
# The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
📜 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.
💵 Budget: USD
6,000,000
🌏 Languages Available:
Japanese
📆 Date Released:
1980-04-26
⌚ Running Time:
180 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.806
Beloved Cast
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tatsuya Nakadai
Nobukado Takeda
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Katsuyori Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara
Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Jinpachi Nezu
Masakage Yamagata
Hideji Ōtaki
Nobunaga Oda
Daisuke Ryū
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Masayuki Yui
Otsuyanokata
Kaori Momoi
Oyunokata
Mitsuko Baisho
Nobufusa Baba
Hideo Murota
Masatoyo Naito
Takayuki Shiho
Katsusuke Atobe
Kōji Shimizu
Masatane Hara
Daikei Shimizu
Nobushige Oyamada
Sen Yamamoto
Masanobu Kosaka
Shuhei Sugimori
Takemaru
Kota Yui
Ranmaru Mori
Yasuhito Yamanaka
Takemaru's Nurse
Kumeko Otowa
Nagahide Niwa
Tetsuo Yamashita
Zenjiro Amemiya
Kai Ato
Monk
Takashi Ebata
Jingoro Hara
Yu Shimaka
Kugutsushi
Toshiaki Tanabe
Naruhito Iguchi
Salt Vendor
Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi
Kenshin Uesugi
Eiichi Kanakubo
Noda Castle Soldier
Akihiko Sugizaki
Yugo Miyazaki
Masatsugu Kuriyama
Tadatsugu Sakai
Norio Matsui
Jirô Chiba
Kazumasa Ishikawa
Yasushi Doshida
Takashi Watanabe
Heihachiro Honda
Toku Sone
Toshiya Ito
Priest
Francis Selleck
Morihiro Yanase
Alexander Kairis
Toshimitsu Kato
Paul Okawa
Toshihiko Shimizu
Senkichi Ōmura
Taguchi Gyobu
Takashi Shimura
Doctor
Kamatari Fujiwara