Ran
乱
Release: 1985-06-01
·Runtime: 160m
·★ 8.0
Action
Drama
History
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Production Countries
Japan
France
Production Companies
Nippon Herald Films
Greenwich Film Production
Herald Ace
Kurosawa Film Production
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Tokie Kanda
as Sue's lady in waiting
Kumeko Otowa
as Sue's lady in waiting
Hitoshi Ueki
as Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Kazuo Katō
as Kageyu Ikoma
Kenji Kodama
as Samon Shirane
Reiko Nanjo
as Hideota's concubine
Jun Tazaki
as Seiji Ayabe
Jinpachi Nezu
as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Shinnosuke Ikehata
as Kyoami
Masayuki Yui
as Tango Hirayama
Yoshitaka Zushi
Daisuke Ryū
as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Haruko Tōgō
as Kaede's lady in waiting
Takeshi Katō
as Koyota Hatakeyama
Satoru Fukasaku
as (uncredited)
Hisashi Igawa
as Shuri Kurogane
Takao Zushi
Akira Terao
as Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada
as Lady Kaede
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Yoshiko Miyazaki
as Lady Sue
Mansai Nomura
as Tsurumaru
Susumu Terajima
as Foot soldier (uncredited)
Crew
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Claude Villand
Production Sound Mixer
Teruyo Nogami
Production Manager
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Okihiro Yoneda
Assistant Director
Takashi Koizumi
Assistant Director
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Serge Silberman
Producer, Presenter
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Ishirō Honda
Assistant Director
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Storyboard Artist
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play