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Kagemusha
The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
( Action / Drama / History / War )

Kagemusha Poster



US Runtime: 180 min

Country of Origin: Japan / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Apr 26, 1980   [Japan]		  
Director: Akira Kurosawa   [Director]
 
Writers: Masato Ide   [Screenplay]
Akira Kurosawa   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Francis Ford Coppola   [Executive Producer]
Akira Kurosawa   [Producer]
Akira Kurosawa   [Executive Producer]
George Lucas   [Executive Producer]
Tomoyuki Tanaka   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Takao Saitô   [Director of Photography]
Shôji Ueda   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Akira Kurosawa   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Shinichirô Ikebe   [Original Music Composer]
 
Costume Design: Seiichiro Hagakusawa   [Costume Design]
 
Production Companys: 20th Century Fox   (US)
Kurosawa Production   (JP)
TOHO   (JP)
 

Plot 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.
Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara
Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu
Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Otaki
Masakage Yamagata
Daisuke Ryu
Nobunaga Oda
Masayuki Yui
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Kaori Momoi
Otsuyanokata
Mitsuko Baisho
Oyunokata
Hideo Murota
Nobufusa Baba
 
Takayuki Shiho
Masatoyo Naito
Koji 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
 
 
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Special Effects Department:
Toho Special Effects Group
  
 
Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
 
Tech Info:
Budget:
$6,000,000
Revenue:
$4,000,000
Color Info:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Laboratory:
DeLuxe
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm

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