A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.


Books with substantial mentioning of Kagemusha

Jürgen Müller
Die besten Filme der 80er
Köln - London - Los Angeles - Madrid - Paris - Tokyo, 2005

Jean-Pierre Frimbois
Les 100 chefs-d'oeuvre du film historique
Alleur (Belgique), 1989

Reviews

Rob Edelman, Kagemusha, in: Films in Review, vol. 31, 1980 pp. 630-631


Year: 1980
Country: Japan
United States
Language: Japanese
 
IMDb: 0080979