Kagemusha
(1980)

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

Released: 1980-04-26

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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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Tatsuya Nakadai

as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha

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Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Nobukado Takeda

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Kenichi Hagiwara

as Katsuyori Takeda

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Jinpachi Nezu

as Sohachiro Tsuchiya

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Hideji Ōtaki

as Masakage Yamagata

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Daisuke Ryū

as Nobunaga Oda

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Masayuki Yui

as Ieyasu Tokugawa

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Kaori Momoi

as Otsuyanokata

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Mitsuko Baisho

as Oyunokata

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Hideo Murota

as Nobufusa Baba

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Takayuki Shiho

as Masatoyo Naito

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Kōji Shimizu

as Katsusuke Atobe

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Daikei Shimizu

as Masatane Hara

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Sen Yamamoto

as Nobushige Oyamada

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Shuhei Sugimori

as Masanobu Kosaka

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Kota Yui

as Takemaru

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Yasuhito Yamanaka

as Ranmaru Mori

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Kumeko Otowa

as Takemaru's Nurse

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Tetsuo Yamashita

as Nagahide Niwa

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Kai Ato

as Zenjiro Amemiya

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George Lucas

Executive Producer

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Akira Kurosawa

Executive Producer

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Tomoyuki Tanaka

Executive Producer

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Shinichirô Ikebe

Original Music Composer

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Shôji Ueda

Director of Photography

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Masato Ide

Screenplay

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Takao Saitō

Director of Photography

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Toshiaki Hashimoto

Production Manager

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Aki Saburagi

Assistant Art Director

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Akira Kurosawa

Storyboard Artist

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Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Recordist

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Ichirô Minami

Sound Effects Editor

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