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Kagemusha

MOVIE • 1980

Kagemusha

The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.

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.

TMDB ★ 3.9/5Votes: 777
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Top Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Nobukado Takeda

Kenichi Hagiwara

Kenichi Hagiwara

Katsuyori Takeda

Jinpachi Nezu

Jinpachi Nezu

Sohachiro Tsuchiya

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki

Masakage Yamagata

Daisuke Ryū

Daisuke Ryū

Nobunaga Oda

Masayuki Yui

Masayuki Yui

Ieyasu Tokugawa

Kaori Momoi

Kaori Momoi

Otsuyanokata

Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko Baisho

Oyunokata

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Nobufusa Baba

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Takayuki Shiho

Masatoyo Naito

Kōji Shimizu

Kōji Shimizu

Katsusuke Atobe

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Daikei Shimizu

Masatane Hara

Sen Yamamoto

Sen Yamamoto

Nobushige Oyamada

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Meta Snapshot

Film

Status

Released

Release

April 26, 1980

Runtime

180 min

Language

Japanese

Origin

Japan

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$4,000,000

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