Ran (1985)

Name: Ran
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Released: 1985-06-01
Duration: 160 min
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryū, Mieko Harada

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

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.

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Released 1985-06-01 · 160 min · Action, Drama, History

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao as Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryū as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada as Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki as Lady Sue
Mansai Nomura as Tsurumaru
Hisashi Igawa as Shuri Kurogane
Shinnosuke Ikehata as Kyoami
Masayuki Yui as Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Katō as Kageyu Ikoma
Norio Matsui as Shumenosuke Ogura
Toshiya Ito as Mondo Naganuma
Heihachiro Suzuki as Fujimaki's General
Kenji Kodama as Samon Shirane