RATINGS
IMDB
8.0
Metacritic
84
Kagemusha(1980)
Takeda clan, one of three warlord clans, 16th century
War
RUNTIME
162 min
AGE RATING
PG
COUNTRY
Japan
LANGUAGE
Japanese
DIRECTOR
Akira Kurosawa
CAST
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu
Plot
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.