Kagemusha (1980)
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.
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide.
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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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Takashi Ebata as Monk |
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Yu Shimaka as Jingoro Hara |
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Toshiaki Tanabe as Kugutsushi |
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Naruhito Iguchi as |
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Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi as Salt Vendor |
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Eiichi Kanakubo as Kenshin Uesugi |
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Akihiko Sugizaki as Noda Castle Soldier |
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Yugo Miyazaki as |
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Masatsugu Kuriyama as |
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Norio Matsui as Tadatsugu Sakai |
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Jirô Chiba as |
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Yasushi Doshida as Kazumasa Ishikawa |
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Takashi Watanabe as |
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Toku Sone as Heihachiro Honda |
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Toshiya Ito as |
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Francis Selleck as Priest |
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Morihiro Yanase as |
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Alexander Kairis as |
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Toshimitsu Kato as |
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Paul Okawa as |
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Toshihiko Shimizu as |
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Senkichi Ōmura as |
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Takashi Shimura as Taguchi Gyobu |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Doctor |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Production | Akira Kurosawa | Producer |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Shinichiro Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Takao Saitō | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Shoji Ueda | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Masato Ide | Screenplay |
| Production | Toshiaki Hashimoto | Production Manager |
| Art | Aki Saburagi | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shigeo Tamura | Hairstylist |
| Art | Akira Kurosawa | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Seiichiro Hagakusawa | Costume Design |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Ichirô Minami | Sound Effects Editor |
| Lighting | Takeji Sano | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Teruyo Nogami | Associate Producer |
| Production | Francis Ford Coppola | Executive Producer |
| Production | George Lucas | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Takao Okawara | Assistant Director |