Kagemusha

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Kurosawa, AkiraAkira Kurosawa

Description: In Japan's Sengoku period, Takeda Shingen meets with his brother Nobukado, and an unnamed thief whom the latter met by chance and spared from crucifixion due to the thief's uncanny resemblance to the daimyō. The brothers agree that he would prove useful as a double, and they decide to use the thief as a kagemusha, a political decoy. At first, even the thief is unaware of the death, until he tries to break into a huge jar, believing it to contain treasure, and instead finds Sheden's preserved corpse. Later, the Taked

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