Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

1980 · 2 hr 42 min · PG

Drama, History, War

Directors

Akira Kurosawa

Actors

  • Tatsuya Nakadai
  • Tsutomu Yamazaki
  • Ken'ichi Hagiwara

Credits: 4

Summary

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

More about this movie

When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty living up to his role and clashes with the spirit of the warlord during turbulent times in the kingdom.

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