Cast & Crew

Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

Writing Credits

Masato Ide
Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobukado Takeda
Ken'ichi Hagiwara
Katsuyori Takeda
Jinpachi Nezu
Sohachiro Tsuchiya
Hideji Ôtaki
Masakage Yamagata
Daisuke Ryû
Nobunaga Oda
Masayuki Yui
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Kaori Momoi
Otsuyanokata
Mitsuko Baishô
Oyunokata
Hideo Murota
Nobufusa Baba
Takayuki Shiho
Masatoyo Naito
Kôji Shimizu
Katsusuke Atobe
Noboru Shimizu
Masatane Hara
Sen Yamamoto
Nobushige Oyamada
Shuhei Sugimori
Masanobu Kosaka
Kota Yui
Takemaru
Yasuhito Yamanaka
Ranmaru Mori
Kumeko Otowa
Takemaru's Nurse
Tetsuo Yamashita
Nagahide Niwa
Kai Atô
Zenjiro Amemiya
Takashi Ebata
Monk
Hiroshi Shimada
Jingoro Hara
Yû Shimaka
Jingoro Hara
Toshiaki Tanabe
Kugutsushi
Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi
Salt Vendor
Eiichi Kanakubo
Kenshin Uesugi
Akihiko Sugizaki
Noda Castle Soldier
Yugo Miyazaki
Mataichi Tomono
Masatsuga Kuriyama
Muddy samurai
Norio Matsui
Tadatsugu Sakai
Jirô Yabuki
Equestrian
Yasushi Doshida
Kazumasa Ishikawa
Nobaru Sone
Heihachiro Honda
Takashi Shimura
Gyobu Taguchi
Kamatari Fujiwara
Doctor
Francis Selleck
Priest
Gorô Yamada
Foot soldier

Produced by

Audie Bock
assistant producer
Francis Ford Coppola
executive producer: international version
Akira Kurosawa
executive producer / producer
George Lucas
executive producer: international version
Tomoyuki Tanaka
executive producer

Music by

Shinichirô Ikebe

Cinematography by

Takao Saitô
Shôji Ueda
(as Shoji Ueda)

Art Direction by

Yoshirô Muraki

Costume Design by

Seiichiro Hagakusawa

Makeup Department

Yoshiko Matsumoto
hair stylist
Shigeo Tamura
hair stylist
Junjirô Yamada
hair stylist

Production Management

Akira Mark Fujita
unit production manager (as Akira Fujita)
Toshiaki Hashimoto
production manager / unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ishirô Honda
second unit director
Hideyuki Inoue
assistant director
Takashi Koizumi
assistant director
Fumisuke Okada
chief assistant director
Takao Okawara
assistant director

Art Department

Aki Saburagi
assistant art director
Hatsumi Yamamoto
property master

Sound Department

Ichirô Minami
sound effects editor
Mamoru Yamada
assistant sound recordist
Fumio Yanoguchi
sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department

Naomi Hashiyama
still photographer
Satoshi Kurikihara
assistant lighting technician
Tamio Matsuo
assistant camera
Kazuo Miyagawa
consultant: photography
Asakazu Nakai
consultant: photography
Takeji Sano
lighting technician

Editorial Department

Yoshihiro Iwatani
assistant editor
Tome Minami
negative cutter

Music Department

Kotaro Saito
conductor

Script and Continuity Department

Teruyo Nogami
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Isamu Miwano
transportation

Additional Crew

Audie Bock
assistant to producer (international version)
Francis Ford Coppola
presenter
Masa Furugawara
scene shifter
Toshi Hasegawa
horseback riding instructor
Shinobu Hashimoto
production advisor
Hiroaki Honda
acting office
Ishirô Honda
directorial advisor / production coordinator
Ryû Kuze
instructor: samurai etiquette
Alan Ladd Jr.
presenter
George Lucas
presenter
Teruyo Nogami
assistant to producer
Donald Richie
subtitle supervisor (US version) / subtitler (international version)
Takao Saitô
production advisor
Tamihei Shirai
horseback riding instructor
Ishirô Honda
creative consultant (uncredited)
Michael Rich
assistant to director (uncredited)
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