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