Kagemusha
1980Original title: 影武者
“The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.”
3h 0mActionDramaHistoryWar
3.9
778 ratingsThe story
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.
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Languages
- Japanese
- Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Ōtaki, Daisuke Ryū, Masayuki Yui, Kaori Momoi, Mitsuko Baisho, Hideo Murota