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Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

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Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

1980 · 162 min · Japan · Japanese

Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980) has a goodrecmovies Score of 77.3, ranked #529 among movies on goodrecmovies (goodrecmovies tier: great). It's a Drama, History and War movie rated 7.9/10 on IMDb from 41,572 votes. Updated

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77.3goodrecmovies Score
#529rank on siterank
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★ 7.9IMDb · 42k

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 Nakadai
Takeda Shingen
Tatsuya Nakadai
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Tsutomu Yamazaki
Takeda Nobukado
Kenichi Hagiwara
Takeda Katsuyori
Jinpachi Nezu
Tsuchiya Sôhachirô
Hideji Ōtaki
Yamagata Masakage
Daisuke Ryū
Oda Nobunaga
Masayuki Yui
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Otsuyanokata
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Top cast

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TTatsuya NakadaiTakeda ShingenTTatsuya NakadaiKagemushaTTsutomu YamazakiTakeda NobukadoKKenichi HagiwaraTakeda KatsuyoriJJinpachi NezuTsuchiya SôhachirôHHideji ŌtakiYamagata MasakageDDaisuke RyūOda NobunagaMMasayuki YuiTokugawa IeyasuKKaori MomoiOtsuyanokataMMitsuko BaishoOyûnokataHHideo MurotaBaba Nobufusa

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