RELEASED
RECOMMENDED
Kagemusha (1980)
Action
Drama
History
War
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.
The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
Cast & Crew
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
Ta
Takayuki Shiho
Masatoyo Naito
Kōji Shimizu
Katsusuke AtobeSimilar Movies
Movie Details
Status
Released
Language
JA
Budget
$6,000,000
Revenue
$4,000,000
Production
TOHO, 20th Century Fox, Kurosawa Production
Popularity
7