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Ran

8.1 160 mins Action   Drama   History   1985
Nippon Herald Films   Greenwich Film Production   Herald Ace   TOHO  
Director(s): Akira Kurosawa

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.

Casts of Ran

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 Kato

as Kageyu Ikoma

Norio Matsui

as Shumenosuke Ogura

Toshiya Ito

as Mondo Naganuma

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

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

Satoru Fukasaku

as (uncredited)

Susumu Terajima

as Foot soldier (uncredited)

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