Kagemusha
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1980 |
| Country | Japan |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Cast | Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu |
| Genre | Historical drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Kagemusha | – |
| Español | Kagemusha, la sombra del guerrero | Kagemusha, la sombra del guerrero |
| Français | Kagemusha, l’ombre du guerrier | Kagemusha, l’ombre du guerrier |
| Deutsch | Kagemusha – Der Schatten des Kriegers | Kagemusha – Der Schatten des Kriegers |
| Português | Kagemusha, a Sombra do Samurai | Kagemusha, a Sombra do Samurai |
| Italiano | Kagemusha – L’ombra del guerriero | Kagemusha – L’ombra del guerriero |
| Русский | Кагемуся: Тень воина | Kagemusya: Ten voina |
| 中文（简体） | 影武者 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 影武者 | – |
| 한국어 | 카게무샤 | Kagemusya |
| ไทย | คาเกมูชา | Kagemucha |
| Tiếng Việt | Kagemusha | – |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Kagemusha | – |
| 日本語 | 影武者 | Kagemusha |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which symbolic authority and individual identity collide within political succession
■ Synopsis
A condemned thief is forced to impersonate a dead warlord in order to preserve the illusion of power.
■ RECIPE Tags
#SymbolicAuthority #FalseContinuity #IdentityErasure #PoliticalIllusion
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Can power survive as image after the ruler is gone
Reason: Authority is maintained through appearance rather than living command
Related Film: The Leopard - Middle: Can an impostor become the vessel of a dead order
Reason: Personal identity is absorbed into a political role built to conceal collapse
Related Film: The Double Life of Véronique - Core: Can a state preserve itself through a fiction it must believe
Reason: The political body survives only by mistaking representation for reality
Related Film: The Last Emperor
■ Secondary Axes
- Succession as illusion: Continuity is staged to delay historical rupture
Related Film: The Death of Stalin - Body as institution: One human figure becomes the mask of collective authority
Related Film: The Servant
■ Person
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu
■ Structural Tags
#AuthoritySubstitution #IdentityAbsorption #ContinuityFiction
■ Attribute Tags
#Japan #1980Film #HistoricalDrama
