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
Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede
Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Susumu Terajima
Foot soldier (uncredited)
Takeshi Katō
Koyota Hatakeyama
Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jun Tazaki
Seiji Ayabe
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
Daisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Yoshitaka Zushi
Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
Haruko Tōgō
Kaede's lady in waiting
Hitoshi Ueki
Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Kazuo Katō
Kageyu Ikoma
Kenji Kodama
Samon Shirane
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
Kumeko Otowa
Sue's lady in waiting
Reiko Nanjo
Hideota's concubine
Takao Zushi
Tokie Kanda
Sue's lady in waiting
Satoru Fukasaku
(uncredited)
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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