Kagemusha (1980)
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.
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Top Billed Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara
Runtime: 180 minutes
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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
Otsuyanokata
Mitsuko Baisho
Oyunokata
Hideo Murota
Nobufusa Baba
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Takayuki Shiho
Masatoyo Naito
Kōji Shimizu
Katsusuke Atobe
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Daikei Shimizu
Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto
Nobushige Oyamada
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Shuhei Sugimori
Masanobu Kosaka
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Kota Yui
Takemaru
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Yasuhito Yamanaka
Ranmaru Mori
Kumeko Otowa
Takemaru's Nurse
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Tetsuo Yamashita
Nagahide Niwa
Kai Ato
Zenjiro Amemiya
Takashi Ebata
Monk
Yu Shimaka
Jingoro Hara
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Toshiaki Tanabe
Kugutsushi
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Naruhito Iguchi
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Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi
Salt Vendor
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Eiichi Kanakubo
Kenshin Uesugi
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Akihiko Sugizaki
Noda Castle Soldier
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Yugo Miyazaki
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Masatsugu Kuriyama
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Norio Matsui
Tadatsugu Sakai
Jirô Chiba
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Yasushi Doshida
Kazumasa Ishikawa
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Takashi Watanabe
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Toku Sone
Heihachiro Honda
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Toshiya Ito
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Francis Selleck
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