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Ran
1985 film by Akira Kurosawa
Kagemusha
is a 1980 Japanese epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class petty thief who is taught to impersonate the dying daimyō Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan. Kagemusha is the Japanese term for a political decoy, literally meaning "shadow warrior". The film ends with the climactic 1575 Battle of Nagashino.

Shogun Assassin
1980 jidaigeki film

Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku

The Bushido Blade
1979 film

Ninja Wars
1982 film by Kōsei Saitō

Gonza the Spearman
1986 film by Masahiro Shinoda

Shogun's Ninja
1980 film by Noribumi Suzuki