The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
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.
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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
Takayuki Shiho
Masatoyo Naito
Kōji Shimizu
Katsusuke Atobe
Daikei Shimizu
Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto
Nobushige Oyamada
Shuhei Sugimori
Masanobu Kosaka
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Masato Ide
Screenplay
George Lucas
Executive Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shoji Ueda
Director of Photography
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Seiichiro Hagakusawa
Costume Design
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