
Kagemusha (1980)
Overview
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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Additional Info
Budget | $6,000,000.00 |
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Revenue | $4,000,000.00 |
Original Language | ja |
Popularity | 5.03 |
Directed By
Akira Kurosawa
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
George Lucas
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Francis Ford Coppola
Akira Kurosawa
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Shinichirô Ikebe
Shôji Ueda
Masato Ide
Takao Saitō
Toshiaki Hashimoto
Aki Saburagi
Shigeo Tamura
Akira Kurosawa
Fumio Yanoguchi
Yoshirō Muraki
Seiichiro Hagakusawa
Akira Kurosawa
Ichirô Minami
Takeji Sano
TOP 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
Yasuhito Yamanaka
Ranmaru Mori

Kumeko Otowa
Takemaru's Nurse
Tetsuo Yamashita
Nagahide Niwa

Kai Ato
Zenjiro Amemiya

Takashi Ebata
Monk

Yu Shimaka
Jingoro Hara
Toshiaki Tanabe
Kugutsushi
Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi
Salt Vendor
Eiichi Kanakubo
Kenshin Uesugi
Akihiko Sugizaki
Noda Castle Soldier
Norio Matsui
Tadatsugu Sakai
Yasushi Doshida
Kazumasa Ishikawa
Toku Sone
Heihachiro Honda
Francis Selleck
Priest

Takashi Shimura
Taguchi Gyobu

Kamatari Fujiwara
Doctor