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Kagemusha
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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.
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7.8Akira 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.
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Nobukado Takeda
- Kenichi Hagiwara as Katsuyori Takeda
- Jinpachi Nezu as Sohachiro Tsuchiya
- Hideji Ōtaki as Masakage Yamagata
- Daisuke Ryū as Nobunaga Oda
Themes
- japan
- samurai
- army
- emperor
- warlord
- battle
- impersonation
- doppelgänger
- jidaigeki
- edo period
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Kagemusha
- Film.image
- Kagemushatheatricalposter.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical poster
- Film.director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Film.starring
- Tatsuya Nakadai
- Film.music
- Shin'ichirō Ikebe
- Film.editing
- Akira Kurosawa (uncredited)
- Film.runtime
- 180 minutes
- Film.language
- Japanese
- Film.gross
- $33 million ()
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 179
- FilmAffinity ID
- 532261
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- title
- 影武者
- review score
- 89%
- publication date
- 1980-10-17
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- Accolades
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- References
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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.
Kagemusha was released to critical acclaim. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival (tied with All That Jazz). It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and received other honours. In 2009 the film was voted at No. 59 on the list of The Greatest Japanese Films of All Time by Japanese film magazine Kinema Junpo.