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.
Main Cast of Kagemusha
Tatsuya Nakadai
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara
Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu
Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Ōtaki
Masakage Yamagata
Secondary Cast of Kagemusha
Takayuki Shiho
Masatoyo Naito
Daikei Shimizu
Masatane Hara
Shuhei Sugimori
Masanobu Kosaka
Kota Yui
Takemaru
Yasuhito Yamanaka
Ranmaru Mori
Tetsuo Yamashita
Nagahide Niwa
Toshiaki Tanabe
Kugutsushi
Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi
Salt Vendor
Eiichi Kanakubo
Kenshin Uesugi
Akihiko Sugizaki
Noda Castle Soldier
Norio Matsui
Tadatsugu Sakai
Yasushi Doshida
Kazumasa Ishikawa
Toku Sone
Heihachiro Honda
Francis Selleck
Priest
Crew of Kagemusha
Full backstage crew list →- Released on April 26, 1980