Ran
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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
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Kenji Kodama
as Samon Shirane
Haruko Tōgō
as Kaede's lady in waiting
Hitoshi Ueki
as Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Daisuke Ryū
as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Kumeko Otowa
as Sue's lady in waiting
Takeshi Katō
as Koyota Hatakeyama
Masayuki Yui
as Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Katō
as Kageyu Ikoma
Yoshitaka Zushi
Shinnosuke Ikehata
as Kyoami
Akira Terao
as Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Yoshiko Miyazaki
as Lady Sue
Jinpachi Nezu
as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Mansai Nomura
as Tsurumaru
Reiko Nanjo
as Hideota's concubine
Tokie Kanda
as Sue's lady in waiting
Susumu Terajima
as Foot soldier (uncredited)
Hisashi Igawa
as Shuri Kurogane
Jun Tazaki
as Seiji Ayabe
Satoru Fukasaku
as (uncredited)
Mieko Harada
as Lady Kaede
Takao Zushi
Crew
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Ishirō Honda
Assistant Director
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Takashi Koizumi
Assistant Director
Serge Silberman
Producer, Presenter
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Storyboard Artist
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Teruyo Nogami
Production Manager
Okihiro Yoneda
Assistant Director
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Claude Villand
Production Sound Mixer