Kagemusha (1980)
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.
Action, Drama, History, War
Cast
- 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
- Takayuki Shiho — Masatoyo Naito
- Kōji Shimizu — Katsusuke Atobe
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