Kagemusha
The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
19803h
- Action
- Drama
- History
- War
TMDB rating 7.8TMDB776 votes
Overview
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
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Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara
Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu
Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Ōtaki
Masakage Yamagata
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Facts
- Status
- Released
- Original title
- 影武者
- Original language
- Japanese
- Budget
- $6M
- Revenue
- $4M
- Production companies
- TOHO, 20th Century Fox, Kurosawa Production
