

Ran
1985 Directed by Akira KurosawaShakespeare'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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Tatsuya Nakadai
....................................................Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

Akira Terao
....................................................Taro Takatora Ichimonji

Jinpachi Nezu
....................................................Jiro Masatora Ichimonji

Daisuke Ryū
....................................................Saburo Naotora Ichimonji

Mieko Harada
....................................................Lady Kaede

Yoshiko Miyazaki
....................................................Lady Sue

Mansai Nomura
....................................................Tsurumaru
Director
...........................................................Akira Kurosawa
Executive Producer
...........................................................Katsumi Furukawa
Producer
...........................................................Masato Hara
Serge Silberman
Assistant Director
...........................................................Bernard Cohn
Ishirō Honda
Takashi Koizumi
Production Companies
...................................................Nippon Herald Films
Greenwich Film Production
Herald Ace
Kurosawa Film Production
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
France
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Action
Drama
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