Kagemusha (1980)

3.5
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3h
Running Time

April 26, 1980
Release Date

Kagemusha (1980)

3.5
/ 10
2 User Ratings
3h
Running Time

April 26, 1980
Release Date

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Network & Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Toho Company, Ltd.
American Zoetrope
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Plot.

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. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.

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Cast & Crew.

Yasuhito Yamanaka

Yasuhito Yamanaka

Ranmaru Mori

Kumeko Otowa

Kumeko Otowa

Takemaru's Nurse

Tetsuo Yamashita

Tetsuo Yamashita

Nagahide Niwa

Kai Ato

Kai Ato

Zenjiro Amemiya

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Ebata

Monk

Yu Shimaka

Yu Shimaka

Jingoro Hara

Toshiaki Tanabe

Toshiaki Tanabe

Kugutsushi

Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi

Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi

Salt Vendor

Eiichi Kanakubo

Eiichi Kanakubo

Kenshin Uesugi

Akihiko Sugizaki

Akihiko Sugizaki

Noda Castle Soldier

Norio Matsui

Norio Matsui

Tadatsugu Sakai

Yasushi Doshida

Yasushi Doshida

Kazumasa Ishikawa

Toku Sone

Toku Sone

Heihachiro Honda

Francis Selleck

Francis Selleck

Priest

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Taguchi Gyobu

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Doctor

Toshiaki Hashimoto

Toshiaki Hashimoto

Production Manager

Aki Saburagi

Aki Saburagi

Assistant Art Director

Shigeo Tamura

Shigeo Tamura

Hairstylist

Yoshirō Muraki

Yoshirō Muraki

Art Direction

Seiichiro Hagakusawa

Seiichiro Hagakusawa

Costume Design

Fumio Yanoguchi

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Recordist

Ichirô Minami

Ichirô Minami

Sound Effects Editor

Takeji Sano

Takeji Sano

Lighting Technician

Toshimitsu Kato

Toshimitsu Kato

Toshiya Ito

Toshiya Ito

Takashi Watanabe

Takashi Watanabe

Jirô Chiba

Jirô Chiba

Toshihiko Shimizu

Toshihiko Shimizu

Paul Okawa

Paul Okawa

Alexander Kairis

Alexander Kairis

Morihiro Yanase

Morihiro Yanase

Senkichi Ōmura

Senkichi Ōmura

Naruhito Iguchi

Naruhito Iguchi

Yugo Miyazaki

Yugo Miyazaki

Masatsugu Kuriyama

Masatsugu Kuriyama

Details.

Release Date
April 26, 1980

Original Name
影武者

Status
Released

Running Time
3h

Content Rating
PG

Budget
$6,000,000

Box Office
$4,000,000

Filming Locations
Japan

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

japan
samurai
emperor
warlord
army
battle
impersonation
doppelgänger
edo period
feudal lord
feudal japan
16th century
jidai geki
sengoku period

Wiki.

Kagemusha (影武者, Shadow Warrior) is a 1980 epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate the dying daimyō Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan. Kagemusha is the Japanese term for a political decoy, literally meaning "shadow warrior". The film ends with the climactic 1575 Battle of Nagashino.

The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival (tied with All That Jazz). It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and received other honours. In 2009 the film was voted at No. 59 on the list of The Greatest Japanese Films of All Time by Japanese film magazine Kinema Junpo.

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