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The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
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.
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Tatsuya NakadaiShingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu YamazakiNobukado Takeda
Kenichi HagiwaraKatsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi NezuSohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji ŌtakiMasakage Yamagata
Daisuke RyūNobunaga Oda
Masayuki YuiIeyasu Tokugawa
Kaori MomoiOtsuyanokata
Mitsuko BaishoOyunokata
Hideo MurotaNobufusa Baba
Kōji ShimizuKatsusuke Atobe
Sen YamamotoNobushige Oyamada











Nominated · 2Best Production Design, Best International Feature Film
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| Platform | Score | Points |
|---|---|---|
| IMDb41K votes | 7.9 | 8 pts |
| Rotten Tomatoes | 89% | 10 pts |
| Metacritic | 84 | 10 pts |
| Letterboxd | not available | skipped |
Scores from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic. Updated weekly.
Our PickOur PickKagemusha (1980) has a Lantern Score of 8.6, from IMDb 7.9, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, Metacritic 84.