Shadow Warrior of Nobunaga Oda
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- Runtime
- 140 mins
In Tensho 9, as Oda Nobunaga nears the unification of Japan, he assigns trusted generals to conquer remaining regions. Meanwhile, a peasant farmer named Sahei, resembling Nobunaga, is chosen by Hideyoshi and Sen no Rikyu to act as Nobunaga’s shadow. Furious at the idea of a double, Nobunaga confronts Sahei, who courageously performs the "Atsumori" dance, impressing Nobunaga enough to accept him as his Kagemusha. Sahei’s first test as the shadow warrior comes at a memorial service for the Oda family.
In Tensho 9, as Oda Nobunaga nears the unification of Japan, he assigns trusted generals to conquer remaining regions. Meanwhile, a peasant farmer named Sahei, resembling Nobunaga, is chosen by Hideyoshi and Sen no Rikyu to act as Nobunaga’s shadow. Furious at the idea of a double, Nobunaga confronts Sahei, who courageously performs the "Atsumori" dance, impressing Nobunaga enough to accept him as his Kagemusha. Sahei’s first test as the shadow warrior comes at a memorial service for the Oda family.
Cast
- Makoto Fujita
- Isao Natsuyagi
- Yûko Natori
- Tsurutaro Kataoka
- Jinpachi Nezu
- Ayako Sawada
- Masakane Yonekura
- Junshi Shimada
- Yoko Kurita
- Kanan Nakahara
- Yumi Matsuoka
- Shunji Sasaki
- Masataka Iwao
- Rantaro Mine
- Hiroki Ôkawa
- Shinya Masaki
- Natsuyo Kawakami
Director
- Eiichi Kudo
Producers
Screenwriter
- Nobuo Yamada