Ran
1985With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
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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 Kato
as Kageyu Ikoma
Norio Matsui
as Shumenosuke Ogura
Toshiya Ito
as Mondo Naganuma
Heihachiro Suzuki
as Fujimaki's General
Kenji Kodama
as Samon Shirane
Haruko Tōgō
as Kaede's lady in waiting
Reiko Nanjo
as Hideota's concubine
Tokie Kanda
as Sue's lady in waiting
Sawako Kochi
as Hidetora's concubine
Kumeko Otowa
as Sue's lady in waiting
Takeshi Katō
as Koyota Hatakeyama
Jun Tazaki
as Seiji Ayabe
Hitoshi Ueki
as Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Takao Zushi
Yoshitaka Zushi
Tetsuo Yamashita
Akihiko Sugizaki
Masaaki Sasaki
Satoru Fukasaku
as (uncredited)
Susumu Terajima
as Foot soldier (uncredited)