Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980)

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.

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Domestic (99.5%)
$4,000,000
International (0.5%)
$18,532
Worldwide
$4,018,532
Summary Details
Domestic DistributorTwentieth Century Fox
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Budget$6,000,000
Earliest Release DateOctober 10, 1980 (Domestic)
Running Time3 hr
GenresDrama History War
FilmmakersRole
Akira Kurosawa Director
Masato Ide Writer
Akira Kurosawa Writer
Akira Kurosawa Producer
Shinichirô Ikebe Composer
Takao Saitô Cinematographer
Shôji Ueda Cinematographer
CastRole
Tatsuya Nakadai
Shingen Takeda/Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobukado Takeda
Ken'ichi Hagiwara
Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu
Sohachiro Tsuchiya