The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
Kagemusha
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Synopsis
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
- Written by
- Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide
Cast
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
Takayuki Shiho
Masatoyo Naito
Kōji Shimizu
Katsusuke Atobe
Daikei Shimizu
Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto
Nobushige Oyamada
Shuhei Sugimori
Masanobu Kosaka
Kota Yui
Takemaru
Details
- Released
- April 26, 1980
- Runtime
- 3h 0m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- JA
- Original title
- 影武者
- Country
- Japan, United States of America
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Box office
- $4,000,000
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