Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
Kagemusha
1980, Film, 162 min, Drama, History, War, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 80
The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
A feudal epic presenting the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. The impostor becomes comfortable living his life among nobility, but his responsibilities to his station grow more demanding the longer he occupies it.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Kagemusha
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Takeda Nobukado
- Ken'ichi Hagiwara as Takeda Katsuyori
- Jinpachi Nezu as Tsuchiya Sôhachirô
- Hideji Ōtaki as Yamagata Masakage
- Daisuke Ryû as Oda Nobunaga
- Masayuki Yui as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Kaori Momoi as Otsuyanokata
- Mitsuko Baishō as Oyûnokata
- Hideo Murota as Baba Nobufusa
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