
A feudal epic presenting the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. The impostor becomes comfortable living his life among nobility, but his responsibilities to his station grow more demanding the longer he occupies it.
Casts

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
Crew
Akira KurosawaDirected by Akira Kurosawa
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