Fresh
At worst, the film is an empty vessel that places blind trust in affected stillness and symmetry... the movie quite often switches on a dime to more deep and meaningful textures.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Kagemusha
The Shadow of a man can never stand up and walk on its own.
1980 · 3h · PG
Action, Drama, History, War
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
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.
Director and cast
- Akira Kurosawa Director
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Nobukado Takeda
- Jinpachi Nezu as Sohachiro Tsuchiya
- Kenichi Hagiwara as Katsuyori Takeda
- Takashi Shimura as Taguchi Gyobu
- Ken'ichi Hagiwara as Katsuyori Takeda
- Hideji Ōtaki as Masakage Yamagata
- Daisuke Ryū as Nobunaga Oda
- Masayuki Yui as Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Kaori Momoi as Otsuyanokata
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There are great images in this film.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
There is beauty in Kagemusha but it is impersonal, distant and ghostly. The old master has never been more rigorous.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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