Title | Kagemusha -blu |
Year | 1980 |
Time | 179 mins |
Genre | Action; Foreign; History; War |
Director | Akira Kurosawa |
Edition | The Criterion Collection |
Format | Blu-ray Disc |
Actor | Kaori Momoi as Otsuyanokata; Tatsuya Nakadai as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha; Masayuki Yui as Ieyasu Tokugawa; Tsutomu Yamazaki as Nobukado Takeda; Jinpachi Nezu as Sohachiro Tsuchiya; Mitsuko Baisho as Oyunokata; Daisuke Ryu as Nobunaga Oda; Hideo Murota as Nobufusa Baba; Hideji Otaki as Masakage Yamagata; Kenichi Hagiwara as Katsuyori Takeda |
Rating | NR (Not Rated) |
Cinematography | |
Language | Japanese |
Plot | 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. |
Producer | George Lucas; Akira Kurosawa |
Writer | Akira Kurosawa; Masato Ide |
Subtitles | English |