Kagemusha (1980)

  • Kagemusha

    Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. ... 


    Rating: 7.8

    Genres Drama, Historical, War, War

    Original language: ja

    IMDb tt0080979

    Stars

    Tatsuya Nakadai as Shingen Takeda

    Tsutomu Yamazaki as Kagemusha

    Kenichi Hagiwara as General

    Jinpachi Nezu as General

    Daisuke Ryū as General

    Creators

    Akira Kurosawa (Director)

    Akira Kurosawa (Producer)

    Masato Ide (Writer)

    Hideo Oguni (Writer)

    Kazuo Dan (Writer)

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