8.0/10

Kagemusha (1980)

When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, in order to protect his clan from appearing weak and vulnerable. But he finds himself haunted by the warlord’s spirit as well as his own ambitions.

Genre: War | Indie | History | Foreign | Drama | Action

Country: Japan  

themoviedb.org: http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11953

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080979/

Director(s) / Writer(s):

Akira Kurosawa

Masato Ide

Akira Kurosawa

Cast:

Tatsuya Nakadai

Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Nobukado Takeda

Kenichi Hagiwara

Katsuyori Takeda

Jinpachi Nezu

Sohachiro Tsuchiya

Also Known As:

Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior

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