Kagemusha

Name: Kagemusha
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Released: 1980-04-26
Duration: 180 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Ōtaki

The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.

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78% match1980 • 3h 0m • Action, Drama, History, War

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.

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Ōtaki, Daisuke Ryū, Masayuki Yui, Kaori Momoi