Kagemusha (1980) featured a cast of 45 tracked actors. Of these, 9 (41%) are still alive today and 13 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Takashi Ebata, age 97. This film starred Tatsuya Nakadai and Tsutomu Yamazaki.
41% still with us· verified cast20% of full cast · incl. 22 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 41% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 72.2 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast45 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1980 |
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 Tatsuya Nakadai Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha | Shingen Takeda / Kagemusha | Deceased | 13/12/1932 | 92 | 08/11/2025 | 48 |
 Tsutomu Yamazaki Nobukado Takeda | Nobukado Takeda | Living | 02/12/1936 | 89 | — | 44 |
 Kenichi Hagiwara Katsuyori Takeda | Katsuyori Takeda | Deceased | 26/07/1950 | 68 | 26/03/2019 | 30 |
 Jinpachi Nezu Sohachiro Tsuchiya | Sohachiro Tsuchiya | Deceased | 01/12/1947 | 69 | 29/12/2016 | 33 |
 Hideji Ōtaki Masakage Yamagata | Masakage Yamagata | Deceased | 06/06/1925 | 87 | 02/10/2012 | 55 |
 Daisuke Ryū Nobunaga Oda | Nobunaga Oda | Deceased | 14/02/1957 | 64 | 11/04/2021 | 23 |
 Masayuki Yui Ieyasu Tokugawa | Ieyasu Tokugawa | Living | 21/09/1947 | 79 | — | 33 |
 Kaori Momoi Otsuyanokata | Otsuyanokata | Living | 08/04/1952 | 74 | — | 28 |
 Mitsuko Baisho Oyunokata | Oyunokata | Living | 22/11/1946 | 79 | — | 34 |
 Hideo Murota Nobufusa Baba | Nobufusa Baba | Deceased | 07/10/1937 | 64 | 15/06/2002 | 43 |
Takayuki Shiho Masatoyo Naito | Masatoyo Naito | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Kōji Shimizu Katsusuke Atobe | Katsusuke Atobe | Living | 11/02/1944 | 82 | — | 36 |
Daikei Shimizu Masatane Hara | Masatane Hara | Living | 20/04/1948 | 78 | — | 32 |
 Sen Yamamoto Nobushige Oyamada | Nobushige Oyamada | Living | 21/01/1943 | 83 | — | 37 |
Shuhei Sugimori Masanobu Kosaka | Masanobu Kosaka | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Kota Yui Takemaru | Takemaru | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Yasuhito Yamanaka Ranmaru Mori | Ranmaru Mori | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Kumeko Otowa Takemaru's Nurse | Takemaru's Nurse | Presumed Deceased | 08/07/1915 | 111 | — | 65 |
Tetsuo Yamashita Nagahide Niwa | Nagahide Niwa | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Kai Ato Zenjiro Amemiya | Zenjiro Amemiya | Deceased | 14/11/1946 | 69 | 15/11/2015 | 34 |
 Takashi Ebata Monk | Monk | Living | 15/12/1928 | 97 | — | 52 |
 Yu Shimaka Jingoro Hara | Jingoro Hara | Deceased | 06/05/1949 | 70 | 29/07/2019 | 31 |
Toshiaki Tanabe Kugutsushi | Kugutsushi | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
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Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi Salt Vendor | Salt Vendor | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Eiichi Kanakubo Kenshin Uesugi | Kenshin Uesugi | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Akihiko Sugizaki Noda Castle Soldier | Noda Castle Soldier | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
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Norio Matsui Tadatsugu Sakai | Tadatsugu Sakai | Deceased | 15/04/1951 | 72 | 08/11/2023 | 29 |
| Living | 06/01/1949 | 77 | — | 31 | ||
Yasushi Doshida Kazumasa Ishikawa | Kazumasa Ishikawa | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
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Toku Sone Heihachiro Honda | Heihachiro Honda | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Deceased | 08/10/1947 | 59 | 12/06/2007 | 33 | ||
Francis Selleck Priest | Priest | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
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| Deceased | 27/04/1922 | 69 | 24/11/1991 | 58 | ||
 Takashi Shimura Taguchi Gyobu | Taguchi Gyobu | Deceased | 12/03/1905 | 76 | 11/02/1982 | 75 |
 Kamatari Fujiwara Doctor | Doctor | Deceased | 15/01/1905 | 80 | 21/12/1985 | 75 |
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