Action Drama History
With 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.
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede
Susumu Terajima
Foot soldier (uncredited)
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
Takeshi Katō
Koyota Hatakeyama
Daisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Jun Tazaki
Seiji Ayabe
Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
Yoshitaka Zushi
Hitoshi Ueki
Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Haruko Tōgō
Kaede's lady in waiting
Kazuo Katō
Kageyu Ikoma
Kenji Kodama
Samon Shirane
Reiko Nanjo
Hideota's concubine
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
Kumeko Otowa
Sue's lady in waiting
Takao Zushi
Satoru Fukasaku
(uncredited)
Tokie Kanda
Sue's lady in waiting
Norio Matsui
Shumenosuke Ogura
Toshiya Ito
Mondo Naganuma
Heihachiro Suzuki
Fujimaki's General
Sawako Kochi
Hidetora's concubine
Tetsuo Yamashita
Akihiko Sugizaki
Masaaki Sasaki
Masahiko Kumada

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