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Kagemusha (1980)

Apr 26, 1980 · 3h

7.8/10 TMDB user score
776 votes on TMDB

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.

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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
  • Takayuki Shiho Masatoyo Naito
  • Kōji Shimizu Kōji Shimizu Katsusuke Atobe
  • Daikei Shimizu Masatane Hara
  • Sen Yamamoto Sen Yamamoto Nobushige Oyamada
  • Shuhei Sugimori Masanobu Kosaka
  • Kota Yui Takemaru

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