A feudal epic presenting the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. The impostor becomes comfortable living his life among nobility, but his responsibilities to his station grow more demanding the longer he occupies it.
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Nobukado Takeda
Katsuyori Takeda
Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Masakage Yamagata
Nobunaga Oda
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Otsuyanokata
Oyunokata
Nobufusa Baba
Masatoyo Naito
Katsusuke Atobe
Masatane Hara
Nobushige Oyamada
Masanobu Kosaka
Takemaru
Ranmaru Mori
Takemaru's Nurse
Nagahide Niwa
Zenjiro Amemiya
Monk
Jingoro Hara
Kugutsushi
Salt Vendor
Kenshin Uesugi
Noda Castle Soldier
Tadatsugu Sakai
Kazumasa Ishikawa
Heihachiro Honda
Priest
Taguchi Gyobu
Doctor
