Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: April 26, 1980
Runtime: 180 minutes
Genres: Action, Drama, History, War
Original Language: JA
Rating: ⭐ 7.8/10 (776 votes)
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Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara
Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu
Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Ōtaki
Masakage Yamagata
Daisuke Ryū
Nobunaga Oda
Masayuki Yui
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Kaori Momoi
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Mitsuko Baisho
Oyunokata
Hideo Murota
Nobufusa Baba
Kōji Shimizu
Katsusuke Atobe
Sen Yamamoto
Nobushige Oyamada
Kumeko Otowa
Takemaru's Nurse
Kai Ato
Zenjiro Amemiya
Takashi Ebata
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Yu Shimaka
Jingoro Hara
Jirô Chiba
Senkichi Ōmura
Takashi Shimura
Taguchi Gyobu
Kamatari Fujiwara
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