Title
Kagemusha

Also known as
The Double, Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior, Shadow Warrior

Running Time
179 min.

Year
Oct. 17, 1980

Production
Toho

Writer
Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide

Producer
Francis Coppola, George Lucas, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Akira Kurosawa

Director of Photography
Takao Saito, Shouji Ueda

Production Designer
Yoshiro Muraki

Music
Shinichiro Ikebe

Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai (As Shingen Takeda, kagemusha)
Kenichi Hagiwara (As Katsuyori Takeda)
Jinpachi Nezu (As Souhachiro Tsuchiya)
Tsutomu Yamazaki (As Nobukane Takeda)

Note
The Grand Prix prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980
It is the last Kurosawa's film for Takashi Shimura.

Plot Summary

Before a powerful warlord die, a poor actor was recruited to impersonate him. After some years, he believe that he is real warlord.