Kagemusha

About Kagemusha

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.

Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha is a 1980 history war film. Its themes are battle, army, samurai, and doppelgänger.

Tatsuya Nakadai stars as Shingen Takeda, Tsutomu Yamazaki as Nobukado Takeda, Kenichi Hagiwara as Katsuyori Takeda, and Jinpachi Nezu as Sohachiro Tsuchiya. It runs 180 minutes and was released in April 1980.

The screenplay is by Akira Kurosawa and Masato Ide.

Throne of Blood, Ugetsu, and Seven Samurai make useful companions to Kagemusha, all filed under feudal japan, feudal lord, and japan. TMDB voters put it at 7.8 out of 10 across 776 votes and it carries a PG rating.