Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · Drama · Action
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Film / 1980
Kagemusha
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
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 …
The story
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.
Cast
Tatsuya NakadaiShingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu YamazakiNobukado Takeda
Kenichi HagiwaraKatsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi NezuSohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji ŌtakiMasakage Yamagata
Daisuke RyūNobunaga Oda
Masayuki YuiIeyasu Tokugawa
Kaori MomoiOtsuyanokata
Mitsuko BaishoOyunokata
Hideo MurotaNobufusa Baba
Takayuki ShihoMasatoyo Naito
Kōji ShimizuKatsusuke Atobe
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Daikei ShimizuMasatane Hara
Sen YamamotoNobushige Oyamada
Shuhei SugimoriMasanobu Kosaka
Kota YuiTakemaru
Yasuhito YamanakaRanmaru Mori
Kumeko OtowaTakemaru's Nurse
Tetsuo YamashitaNagahide Niwa
Kai AtoZenjiro Amemiya
Takashi EbataMonk
Yu ShimakaJingoro Hara
Toshiaki TanabeKugutsushi
Naruhito Iguchi
Yoshimitsu YamaguchiSalt Vendor
Eiichi KanakuboKenshin Uesugi
Akihiko SugizakiNoda Castle Soldier
Yugo Miyazaki
Masatsugu Kuriyama
Norio MatsuiTadatsugu Sakai
Jirô Chiba
Yasushi DoshidaKazumasa Ishikawa
Takashi Watanabe
Toku SoneHeihachiro Honda
Toshiya Ito
Francis SelleckPriest
Morihiro Yanase
Alexander Kairis
Toshimitsu Kato
Paul Okawa
Toshihiko Shimizu
Senkichi Ōmura
Takashi ShimuraTaguchi Gyobu
Kamatari FujiwaraDoctor
Tokuju Masuda
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