Ran
1985
2h 40min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
June 1985
Runtime
2h 40min
Director
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$23,334,156
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Japanese
Production
Nippon Herald Films, Greenwich Film Production, Herald Ace, Kurosawa Film Production
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Katō
Kageyu Ikoma
Norio Matsui
Shumenosuke Ogura
Toshiya Ito
Mondo Naganuma
Heihachiro Suzuki
Fujimaki's General
Kenji Kodama
Samon Shirane
Haruko Tōgō
Kaede's lady in waiting
Reiko Nanjo
Hideota's concubine
Tokie Kanda
Sue's lady in waiting
Sawako Kochi
Hidetora's concubine
Kumeko Otowa
Sue's lady in waiting
Takeshi Katō
Koyota Hatakeyama
Jun Tazaki
Seiji Ayabe
Hitoshi Ueki
Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Takao Zushi
Yoshitaka Zushi
Tetsuo Yamashita
Akihiko Sugizaki
Masaaki Sasaki
Satoru Fukasaku
(uncredited)
Susumu Terajima
Foot soldier (uncredited)
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