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    Kagemusha (影武者, Shadow Warrior) is a 1980 epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate the dying daimyō Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan.

  2. Dec 6, 2020 · In his late color masterpiece Kagemusha, Akira Kurosawa returns to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his career—the play between illusion and reality. Sumptuously reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a historical epic that is also a meditation on the nature of power.

    • 180 min
  3. Oct 10, 1980 · Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu. A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double.

    • (38K)
    • Drama, History, War
    • Akira Kurosawa
    • 1980-10-10
  4. Feb 26, 2018 · HD Retro Trailers. 110K subscribers. Subscribed. 1.8K. 225K views 6 years ago. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki and Ken'ichi Hagiwara. Kagemusha Blu-ray ...

    • 3 min
    • 226.6K
    • HD Retro Trailers
  5. Marcos S Kagemusha stands as a crowning achievement in artistry by the hands of Akira Kurosawaa sprawling, epic poem elevated by the enchanting and meticulously crafted...

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    • Akira Kurosawa
    • PG
    • Tatsuya Nakadai
  6. Jun 10, 2020 · Kagemusha is a 1980 Cannes-winning film by Akira Kurosawa that follows a thief who becomes a double for a dying daimyō in feudal Japan. The film explores the themes of identity, deception, and power through the use of shadows in the story, cinematography, and characters.

  7. "Kagemusha" is a samurai drama by the director who most successfully introduced the genre to the West (with such classics as "The Seven Samurai" and "Yojimbo"), and who, at the age of seventy, made an epic that dares to wonder what meaning the samurai code -- or any human code -- really has in the life of an individual man.