Kagemusha (1980)
影武者
"The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own."
Critics Score
🎬 86%
(RT: 89%, MC: 84) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Nobukado Takeda
Kenichi Hagiwara as Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu as Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Ōtaki as Masakage Yamagata
Daisuke Ryū as Nobunaga Oda
Masayuki Yui as Ieyasu Tokugawa
Is Kagemusha good?
Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 86%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord. Wikipedia ↗
