Content Warnings
Overall Severity: 🟡 60/100
Total warning time: 5m 25s
Sex/Nudity: 🟢 10/100 (15s)
- 🟢 20/100 Brief scene with a topless woman in a non-sexual context.
Drug Use: 🟢 0/100 (0s)
Violence: 🔴 70/100 (5m 5s)
- 🔴 80/100 Battle scene with sword fighting and soldiers being killed.
- 🔴 90/100 Large-scale battle with graphic depictions of violence and death.
- 🔴 70/100 A character is shot with arrows and dies.
Strong Language: 🟢 10/100 (5s)
- 🟢 10/100 Mild cursing in Japanese dialogue.
Details for Kagemusha (1980)
Who directed the movie Kagemusha (1980)?
Kagemusha (1980) was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
What is the plot of Kagemusha (1980)?
Kagemusha (1980) follows the story of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate a dying warlord to prevent the clan's enemies from discovering his death and attacking.
Who stars in the lead role of Kagemusha (1980)?
Tatsuya Nakadai stars in the lead role, playing both the warlord Shingen Takeda and his double, the kagemusha (shadow warrior).
What awards did Kagemusha (1980) win?
Kagemusha (1980) won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Art Direction and Best Foreign Language Film.
Is Kagemusha (1980) based on a true story?
While Kagemusha (1980) is a work of fiction, it is loosely inspired by historical events and figures from Japan's Sengoku period, particularly the Takeda clan.
