At the end of the 16th century, during the Warring States Period in Japan, the warlords were divided, among which Harunobu Takeda , Master Yoshinobu , and Takechiyo were the most powerful. In 1572, Harunobu Takeda defeated the combined forces of Master Yoshinobu and Takechiyo, and surrounded Noda, Chiba City, the territory of Ieyasu the following year. However, Shingen died anxiously in the army, and the war situation took a turn for the worse. The previously dominant Takeda army suddenly faced a crisis of family division and military chaos. At the moment of crisis, several retainers secretly found a thief with a face that resembled Shingen, pretending to be Shingen in order to stabilize the military spirit, retired smoothly, and stunned the arrogant Oda, Tokugawa, Uesugi and others. According to the custom of the Japanese Warring States period, this imitator is called Kagemusha. This situation has been maintained for three years. Three years later, Kagemusha's identity was first revealed in the family. Shingen's son Takeda Katsuyori seized the family's military and political power and led the army in violation of Shingen's legacy. The result was defeated by Master Ji with a three-stage musket and horse fence tactics, the entire army was annihilated, and the Takeda family fell
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The film unfolds the history of the rise and fall of a famous family from the perspective of a small person, and exaggerates the tragic sentiment of the story. Kagemusha's encounter reflects the insignificance of the individual in the historical tide. The ending of the film is that Kagemusha is exhausted and killed in the water, and finally passes by Takeda Military Banner. Using a Kagemusha to save the dead Takeda family and to retain Shingen's power, after all, it was a mirror image
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