The read
Scores higher than 98% of the 747 1980s action movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 0m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic84/100
765 audience votes
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer
- Masato IdeScreenplay
Cast
- Tatsuya NakadaiShingen Takeda / Kagemusha
- Tsutomu YamazakiNobukado Takeda
- Kenichi HagiwaraKatsuyori Takeda
- Jinpachi NezuSohachiro Tsuchiya
- Hideji ŌtakiMasakage Yamagata
- Daisuke RyūNobunaga Oda
- Masayuki YuiIeyasu Tokugawa
- Kaori MomoiOtsuyanokata
- Mitsuko BaishoOyunokata
- Hideo MurotaNobufusa Baba
- Takayuki ShihoMasatoyo Naito
- Kōji ShimizuKatsusuke Atobe
Stills
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Themes
japansamuraiarmyemperorwarlordbattleimpersonationdoppelgängerjidaigekiedo periodsengoku periodfeudal lord
The Best Movies of 1980
Kagemusha is #4 of 60
