Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior

Name: Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1980

1980

IMDb

Akira Kurosawa

1980·PG·

Japan,

United States

Award tierGold

Metascore

Drama History War World

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.

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai·Tsutomu Yamazaki·Ken'ichi Hagiwara·Jinpachi Nezu

Producers

Audie Bock·Francis Ford Coppola·Akira Kurosawa·George Lucas·Tomoyuki Tanaka

Languages

Japanese

Major Awards

2 wins · 1 nomination

Wins (2)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (1980)

Palme d'Or

Akira Kurosawa

Best Picture

César Awards, France (1981)

Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)

Akira Kurosawa

Nominations (1)

Best Picture

BAFTA Awards (1981)

Best Film

Akira KurosawaTomoyuki Tanaka