---
title: 'Kagemusha (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Akira Kurosawa'
released: '1980-04-26'
runtime_minutes: 179
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kagemusha-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080979/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Kagemusha (1980)

1980 · PG · 179 min · Drama, War · Japan

Original title: 影武者

## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Shinichiro Ikebe](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinichiro-ikebe)
- **Producer:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa), [George Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-lucas), [Francis Ford Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-ford-coppola), [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyuki-tanaka)
- **Editor:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Director of Photography:** [Takao Saito](https://cinepixo.com/people/takao-saito)

## Cast

- [Kumeko Otowa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kumeko-otowa)
- [Kai Atō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kai-ato)
- [Tsutomu Yamazaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsutomu-yamazaki) as Takeda Nobukado
- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura) as Taguchi Gyobu
- [Masayuki Yui](https://cinepixo.com/people/masayuki-yui) as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- [Naruhito Iguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/naruhito-iguchi)
- [Kamatari Fujiwara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamatari-fujiwara) as Doctor
- [Takashi Ebata](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-ebata)
- [Norio Matsui](https://cinepixo.com/people/norio-matsui)
- [Jinpachi Nezu](https://cinepixo.com/people/jinpachi-nezu) as Tsuchiya Sohachiro
- [Kaori Momoi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaori-momoi) as Otsuyanokata
- [Senkichi Ōmura](https://cinepixo.com/people/senkichi-omura)
- [Mitsuko Baishō](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuko-baisho) as Aburakawa
- [Sen Yamamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/sen-yamamoto) as Oyamada Nobushige
- [Jirō Yabuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiro-yabuki) as Equestrian

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/kagemusha-1980
Film facts: Wikidata (Q854990); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.