Kagemusha
影武者1980
The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
- Akira Kurosawa
- 3h
- April 26, 1980 · Japan, United States of America
Overview
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
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 26, 1980
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan, United States of America
- Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai,Tsutomu Yamazaki,Kenichi Hagiwara,Jinpachi Nezu,Hideji Ōtaki,Daisuke Ryū,Masayuki Yui,Kaori Momoi,Mitsuko Baisho,Hideo Murotaand 35 more
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writer
- Akira Kurosawa,Masato Ide
- Cinematography
- Takao Saitō,Shoji Ueda
- Music
- Shinichiro Ikebe
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Revenue
- $4,000,000
- IMDb
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