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Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980)★ 8.4/10

PG · JP,US · 180 min · April 1, 1980

  • Drama
  • History
  • War

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Written by: Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa

After a warlord’s death, a thief recruited as his double struggles to maintain the illusion, while the threat of war and the weight of the role push him to his limits.

Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

Written by

Masato IdeAkira Kurosawa

Cast & crew

Tatsuya NakadaiTakeda ShingenTsutomu YamazakiTakeda NobukadoKen'ichi HagiwaraTakeda KatsuyoriJinpachi NezuTsuchiya SôhachirôHideji ŌtakiYamagata MasakageDaisuke RyûOda NobunagaMasayuki YuiTokugawa IeyasuKaori MomoiOtsuyanokataMitsuko BaishôOyûnokataHideo MurotaBaba NobufusaTakayuki ShihoNaitô MasatoyoKôji ShimizuAtobe KatsusukeNoboru ShimizuHara MasataneSen YamamotoOyamada NobushigeShuhei SugimoriKosaka MasanobuKota YuiTakeda TakemaruYasuhito YamanakaMori RanmaruKumeko OtowaTakemaru's NurseTetsuo YamashitaNiwa NagahideKai AtôAmemiya ZenjirôTakashi EbataMonkHiroshi ShimadaJingoro HaraYû ShimakaHara JingorôToshiaki TanabeKugutsushiYoshimitsu YamaguchiSalt VendorEiichi KanakuboUesugi KenshinAkihiko SugizakiNoda Castle SoldierYugo MiyazakiTomono MataichiMasatsuga KuriyamaMuddy samuraiNorio MatsuiSakai TadatsuguJirô YabukiEquestrianYasushi DoshidaIshikawa KazumasaTakashi WatanabeEquestrianNobaru SoneHonda HeihachirôEihachi ItoSenkichi ŌmuraTakashi ShimuraTaguchi GyôbuKamatari FujiwaraDoctorShû NakajimaFrancis SelleckPriestGorô YamadaFoot soldier (uncredited)