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