Ran
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
8.0(1,862) 1985-06-01 160 minActionDramaHistory
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.
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
ProducerMasato Hara
ScreenplayHideo Oguni
Original Music ComposerToru Takemitsu
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ProducerSerge Silberman
ScreenplayMasato Ide
Cast & characters
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
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Norio Matsui
as Shumenosuke Ogura
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Toshiya Ito
as Mondo Naganuma
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Heihachiro Suzuki
as Fujimaki's General
Kenji Kodama
as Samon Shirane
Haruko Tōgō
as Kaede's lady in waiting
Reiko Nanjo
as Hideota's concubine
Tokie Kanda
as Sue's lady in waiting
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Sawako Kochi
as Hidetora's concubine
Kumeko Otowa
as Sue's lady in waiting
Takeshi Katō
as Koyota Hatakeyama
Jun Tazaki
as Seiji Ayabe
Hitoshi Ueki
as Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Takao Zushi
as —
