Film record

Kagemusha

Original title: 影武者

1980Feature film179 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Genres
drama film · war film

Credits

Direction

Akira Kurosawa — Directing

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai — Acting (Takeda Shingen)
Kaori Momoi — Acting (Otsuyanokata)
Takashi Shimura — Acting (Taguchi Gyobu)
Tsutomu Yamazaki — Acting (Takeda Nobukado)
Jinpachi Nezu — Acting (Tsuchiya Sohachiro)
Hideji Ōtaki — Acting (Yamagata Masakage)
Daisuke Ryū — Acting (Oda Nobunaga)
Mitsuko Baishō — Acting (Oyunokata)
Hideo Murota — Acting (Baba Nobuharu)
Ken'ichi Hagiwara — Acting (Takeda Katsuyori)
Kamatari Fujiwara — Acting (Doctor)
Masayuki Yui — Acting (Tokugawa Ieyasu)
Kōji Shimizu — Acting (Atobe Katsusuke)
Daikei Shimizu — Acting
Sen Yamamoto — Acting (Oyamada Nobushige)
Kumeko Otowa — Acting
Kai Atō — Acting
Takashi Ebata — Acting
Yuu Shimaka — Acting
Naruhito Iguchi — Acting
Norio Matsui — Acting
Jirō Yabuki — Acting (Equestrian)
Senkichi Ōmura — Acting

Writing

Akira Kurosawa — Screenwriting

Production

Francis Ford Coppola — Production
Akira Kurosawa — Executive production
Akira Kurosawa — Production
George Lucas — Production
Tomoyuki Tanaka — Production

Music

Shinichiro Ikebe — Music composition

Cinematography

Takao Saito — Cinematography

Editing

Akira Kurosawa — Editing

Art department

Yoshirō Muraki — Production design
Documented participation

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Distribution

Tōhō

International
Verified
Distribution

Netflix

International
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Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

Japan · Original release
26 Apr 1980Checked 18 Sep 2026
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