Movie
Ran
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-06-01
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Nippon Herald Films, Greenwich Film Production, Herald Ace
- Country
- Japan, France
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- 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 Katō as Kageyu Ikoma
- Norio Matsui as Shumenosuke Ogura
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa - Director
- Hideo Oguni - Screenplay
- Akira Kurosawa - Screenplay
- Masato Ide - Screenplay
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