1980s samurai films

1985 film by Akira Kurosawa

is a 1980 Japanese epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class petty thief who is taught to impersonate the dying daimyō Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan. Kagemusha is the Japanese term for a political decoy, literally meaning "shadow warrior". The film ends with the climactic 1575 Battle of Nagashino.

1980 jidaigeki film

1983 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku

1979 film

1982 film by Kōsei Saitō

1986 film by Masahiro Shinoda

1980 film by Noribumi Suzuki