About Kagemusha
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.
Full Cast of Kagemusha
Tatsuya Nakadai
plays Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki
plays Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara
plays Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu
plays Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Ōtaki
plays Masakage Yamagata
Daisuke Ryū
plays Nobunaga Oda
Masayuki Yui
plays Ieyasu Tokugawa
Kaori Momoi
plays Otsuyanokata
Mitsuko Baisho
plays Oyunokata
Hideo Murota
plays Nobufusa Baba
Takayuki Shiho
plays Masatoyo Naito
Kōji Shimizu
plays Katsusuke Atobe
Daikei Shimizu
plays Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto
plays Nobushige Oyamada
Shuhei Sugimori
plays Masanobu Kosaka
Yasuhito Yamanaka
plays Ranmaru Mori
Kumeko Otowa
plays Takemaru's Nurse
Tetsuo Yamashita
plays Nagahide Niwa
Kai Ato
plays Zenjiro Amemiya
Yu Shimaka
plays Jingoro Hara
Toshiaki Tanabe
plays Kugutsushi
Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi
plays Salt Vendor
Eiichi Kanakubo
plays Kenshin Uesugi
Akihiko Sugizaki
plays Noda Castle Soldier
Norio Matsui
plays Tadatsugu Sakai
Yasushi Doshida
plays Kazumasa Ishikawa
Toku Sone
plays Heihachiro Honda
Francis Selleck
plays Priest
Takashi Shimura
plays Taguchi Gyobu
Kamatari Fujiwara
plays Doctor
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