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Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede
Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
Daisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Susumu Terajima
Foot soldier (uncredited)
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
Jun Tazaki
Seiji Ayabe
Takeshi Katō
Koyota Hatakeyama
Kenji Kodama
Samon Shirane
Hitoshi Ueki
Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Yoshitaka Zushi
Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
Haruko Tōgō
Kaede's lady in waiting
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
Reiko Nanjo
Hideota's concubine
Kumeko Otowa
Sue's lady in waiting
Kazuo Katō
Kageyu Ikoma
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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