Directed by:
黒澤明Composer:
池辺晋一郎Cast:
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Kaori Momoi, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, 倍賞美津子, Daisuke Ryu, Hideo Murota, 大滝秀治, Jinpachi Nezu (more)Plots(1)
In this dazzling epic from Akira Kurosawa, a petty thief named Kagemusha (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets saved from a death sentence because he resembles the warlord Shingen Takeda (also Nakadai). The warlord has been fighting two other leaders for control of 16th-century Japan and impersonators often take his place during battles to put him out of harm's way. Because of Kagemusha's strong physical similarities to the warlord, he's a perfect choice for a "shadow warrior." However, the arrangement suddenly changes when Shingen gets fatally wounded while watching a battle. Adhering to Shingen's final wish, the warlord's men keep the death a secret, and Kagemusha struggles to transform himself from a criminal into a leader. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Tatsuya Nakadai](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272374_48e342.jpg)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire (1970)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Seven Samurai (1954)
![Tsutomu Yamazaki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/491/491555_225b8a.jpg)
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Japan
Best movies:
High and Low (1963)
Red Beard (1965)
Departures (2008)
Kenichi Hagiwara
Japan
Best movies:
Kagemusha (1980)
Tajomaru (2009)
Over Your Dead Body (2014)
![Kaori Momoi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274774_97fcd1.jpg)
Kaori Momoi
Japan
Best movies:
Kagemusha (1980)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
![Takashi Shimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272248_eaa921.jpg)
Takashi Shimura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
![Kamatari Fujiwara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494628_76f9d4.jpg)
Kamatari Fujiwara
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Seven Samurai (1954)
High and Low (1963)
![倍賞美津子](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/705/168705446_1scnl9.jpg)
倍賞美津子
Japan
Best movies:
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
The Geisha (1983)
Kagemusha (1980)
![Daisuke Ryu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/130/160130580_e43d84.jpg)
Daisuke Ryu
Japan
Best movies:
After the Rain (1999)
Kagemusha (1980)
Hunter in the dark (1979)
Hideo Murota
Japan
Best movies:
A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
The Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Kagemusha (1980)
![大滝秀治](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/948/160948886_1abbfa.jpg)
大滝秀治
Japan
Best movies:
Our Mother (2008)
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
Jinpachi Nezu
Japan
Best movies:
Kagemusha (1980)
Ran (1985)
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
中嶋しゅう
Japan
Best movies:
Kagemusha (1980)
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
Not Yet (1993)
Kai Atō
Japan
Best movies:
Kagemusha (1980)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
20 Century Boys (2008)
Kôji Shimizu
Japan
田辺年秋
Japan
Best movies:
Kagemusha (1980)
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)
Evil Dead Trap 2 (1992)