Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay by Akira Kurosawa/Masato Imai
Starring: Nakadyo Tatsuya/Yamazaki Nu/Hagiwara Kenichi/Nezu Shuhachi/Otaki Hideji
Genre: Drama/History/War
Production country: Japan/USA
Language: Japanese
Release Date: 1980-04-26(Japan)
Running time: 180 min / 159 min (international version)
Synopsis of the Shadow Warrior
Takeda Shingen (Nakadai Daya is acted the role of), known as “the tiger of Jia Fei”. His creed was “swift as the wind, slow as the forest, aggressive as fire, immobile as a mountain.” When Takeda Shingen surrounded the Noda city of the Tokugawa Army, about to take Kyoto to complete the overlord, he was shot by the enemy’s sniper fire, serious injuries near death. Before he died, he left instructions to his men to conceal his death for three years. The previous brother Takeda Nobulin (Yamazaki nu is acted the role of) to find the double (Nakadai Tatsuya is acted the role of), the original thief of his face and Shingen resembles, that is, the Japanese say “shadow samurai”, took on the heavy responsibility.
In this way, with the support of Takeda Nobulin, the shadow samurai from the thief did not change to be moved by the Takeda family’s great justice, and tried to perform his duties, he made Takeda family and enemies firmly believe that he is Shingen himself. However, three years are approaching, something unexpected happens, the shadow samurai is revealed, he is driven away, and the Takeda family will be exhausted…