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.
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara
Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu
Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Ōtaki
Masakage Yamagata
Daisuke Ryū
Nobunaga Oda
Masayuki Yui
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Kaori Momoi
Otsuyanokata
Mitsuko Baisho
Oyunokata
Hideo Murota
Nobufusa Baba
Takayuki Shiho
Masatoyo Naito
Kōji Shimizu
Katsusuke Atobe
Daikei Shimizu
Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto
Nobushige Oyamada
Shuhei Sugimori
Masanobu Kosaka
Kota Yui
Takemaru
Yasuhito Yamanaka
Ranmaru Mori
Kumeko Otowa
Takemaru's Nurse
Tetsuo Yamashita
Nagahide Niwa
Kai Ato
Zenjiro Amemiya
Takashi Ebata
Monk
Yu Shimaka
Jingoro Hara
Toshiaki Tanabe
Kugutsushi
Naruhito Iguchi
Unknown
Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi
Salt Vendor
Eiichi Kanakubo
Kenshin Uesugi
Akihiko Sugizaki
Noda Castle Soldier
Yugo Miyazaki
Unknown
Masatsugu Kuriyama
Unknown
Norio Matsui
Tadatsugu Sakai
Jirô Chiba
Unknown
Yasushi Doshida
Kazumasa Ishikawa
Takashi Watanabe
Unknown
Toku Sone
Heihachiro Honda
Toshiya Ito
Unknown
Francis Selleck
Priest
Morihiro Yanase
Unknown
Alexander Kairis
Unknown
Toshimitsu Kato
Unknown
Paul Okawa
Unknown
Toshihiko Shimizu
Unknown
Senkichi Ōmura
Unknown
Takashi Shimura
Taguchi Gyobu
Kamatari Fujiwara
Doctor
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Producer
Masato Ide
Screenplay
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shôji Ueda
Director of Photography
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer
George Lucas
Executive Producer
Teruyo Nogami
Associate Producer
Seiichiro Hagakusawa
Costume Design
Shigeo Tamura
Hairstylist
Aki Saburagi
Assistant Art Director
Ichirô Minami
Sound Effects Editor
Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Recordist
Takeji Sano
Lighting Technician
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Toshiaki Hashimoto
Production Manager
Yoshirō Muraki
Art Direction
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