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Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Akira Kurosawa

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Masato Ide
Akira Kurosawa

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Tatsuya Nakadai ... Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki ... Nobukado Takeda
Ken'ichi Hagiwara Ken'ichi Hagiwara ... Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu ... Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Ôtaki Hideji Ôtaki ... Masakage Yamagata
Daisuke Ryû ... Nobunaga Oda
Masayuki Yui ... Ieyasu Tokugawa
Kaori Momoi ... Otsuyanokata
Mitsuko Baishô ... Oyunokata
Hideo Murota ... Nobufusa Baba
Takayuki Shiho Takayuki Shiho ... Masatoyo Naito
Kôji Shimizu ... Katsusuke Atobe
Noboru Shimizu Noboru Shimizu ... Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto Sen Yamamoto ... Nobushige Oyamada
Shuhei Sugimori Shuhei Sugimori ... Masanobu Kosaka
Kota Yui Kota Yui ... Takemaru
Yasuhito Yamanaka Yasuhito Yamanaka ... Ranmaru Mori
Kumeko Otowa Kumeko Otowa ... Takemaru's Nurse
Tetsuo Yamashita Tetsuo Yamashita ... Nagahide Niwa
Kai Atô Kai Atô ... Zenjiro Amemiya
Takashi Ebata ... Monk
Hiroshi Shimada Hiroshi Shimada ... Jingoro Hara
Yû Shimaka Yû Shimaka ... Jingoro Hara
Toshiaki Tanabe Toshiaki Tanabe ... Kugutsushi
Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi ... Salt Vendor
Eiichi Kanakubo Eiichi Kanakubo ... Kenshin Uesugi
Akihiko Sugizaki Akihiko Sugizaki ... Noda Castle Soldier
Yugo Miyazaki Yugo Miyazaki ... Mataichi Tomono
Masatsuga Kuriyama Masatsuga Kuriyama ... Muddy samurai
Norio Matsui Norio Matsui ... Tadatsugu Sakai
Jirô Yabuki Jirô Yabuki ... Equestrian (as Jiro Yabuki)
Yasushi Doshida Yasushi Doshida ... Kazumasa Ishikawa
Takashi Watanabe Takashi Watanabe
Nobaru Sone Nobaru Sone ... Heihachiro Honda (as Nori Sone)
Eihachi Ito Eihachi Ito
Senkichi Ômura Senkichi Ômura
Takashi Shimura ... Gyobu Taguchi
Kamatari Fujiwara ... Doctor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shû Nakajima Shû Nakajima
Francis Selleck ... Priest (as Francis Seleck)
Gorô Yamada Gorô Yamada ... Foot soldier (uncredited)

Produced by 

Audie Bock ... assistant producer
Francis Ford Coppola ... executive producer: international version
Akira Kurosawa ... executive producer / producer
George Lucas ... executive producer: international version
Tomoyuki Tanaka ... executive producer

Music by 

Shinichirô Ikebe

Cinematography by 

Takao Saitô
Shôji Ueda ... (as Shoji Ueda)

Art Direction by 

Yoshirô Muraki

Costume Design by 

Seiichiro Hagakusawa

Makeup Department 

Yoshiko Matsumoto ... hair stylist
Shigeo Tamura ... hair stylist
Junjirô Yamada ... hair stylist

Production Management 

Akira Fujita ... unit production manager
Toshiaki Hashimoto ... production manager / unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Ishirô Honda ... second unit director
Hideyuki Inoue ... assistant director
Takashi Koizumi ... assistant director
Fumisuke Okada ... chief assistant director
Takao Okawara ... assistant director

Art Department 

Aki Saburagi ... assistant art director
Hatsumi Yamamoto ... property master

Sound Department 

Ichirô Minami ... sound effects editor
Mamoru Yamada ... assistant sound recordist
Fumio Yanoguchi ... sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department 

Naomi Hashiyama ... still photographer
Satoshi Kurikihara ... assistant lighting technician
Tamio Matsuo ... assistant camera
Kazuo Miyagawa ... consultant: photography
Asakazu Nakai ... consultant: photography
Takeji Sano ... lighting technician

Editorial Department 

Yoshihiro Iwatani ... assistant editor
Tome Minami ... negative cutter

Music Department 

Kotaro Saito ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department 

Teruyo Nogami ... script supervisor

Transportation Department 

Isamu Miwano ... transportation

Additional Crew 

Audie Bock ... assistant to producer (international version)
Francis Ford Coppola ... presenter
Masa Furugawara ... scene shifter
Toshi Hasegawa ... horseback riding instructor
Shinobu Hashimoto ... production advisor
Hiroaki Honda ... acting office
Ishirô Honda ... directorial advisor / production coordinator
Ryû Kuze ... instructor: samurai etiquette
Alan Ladd Jr. ... presenter
George Lucas ... presenter
Teruyo Nogami ... assistant to producer
Donald Richie ... subtitle supervisor (US version) / subtitler (international version)
Takao Saitô ... production advisor
Tamihei Shirai ... horseback riding instructor
Ishirô Honda ... creative consultant (uncredited)
Michael Rich ... assistant to director (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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