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Summary

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.

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Cast

  • Tatsuya Nakadai

    Tatsuya Nakadai

    Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

  • Akira Terao

    Akira Terao

    Taro Takatora Ichimonji

  • Jinpachi Nezu

    Jinpachi Nezu

    Jiro Masatora Ichimonji

  • Daisuke Ryū

    Daisuke Ryū

    Saburo Naotora Ichimonji

  • Mieko Harada

    Mieko Harada

    Lady Kaede

  • Yoshiko Miyazaki

    Yoshiko Miyazaki

    Lady Sue

  • Mansai Nomura

    Mansai Nomura

    Tsurumaru

  • Hisashi Igawa

    Hisashi Igawa

    Shuri Kurogane

  • Shinnosuke Ikehata

    Shinnosuke Ikehata

    Kyoami

  • Masayuki Yui

    Masayuki Yui

    Tango Hirayama

  • Kenji Kodama

    Kenji Kodama

    Samon Shirane

  • Haruko Tōgō

    Haruko Tōgō

    Kaede's lady in waiting

  • Reiko Nanjo

    Reiko Nanjo

    Hideota's concubine

  • Tokie Kanda

    Tokie Kanda

    Sue's lady in waiting

  • Kumeko Otowa

    Kumeko Otowa

    Sue's lady in waiting

  • Takeshi Katō

    Takeshi Katō

    Koyota Hatakeyama

  • Jun Tazaki

    Jun Tazaki

    Seiji Ayabe

  • Hitoshi Ueki

    Hitoshi Ueki

    Nobuhiro Fujimaki

  • Takao Zushi

    Takao Zushi

  • Yoshitaka Zushi

    Yoshitaka Zushi

  • Satoru Fukasaku

    Satoru Fukasaku

    (uncredited)

  • Susumu Terajima

    Susumu Terajima

    Foot soldier (uncredited)