In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
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Trailer
Official Trailer · plays on YouTube
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written by
- Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, William Shakespeare
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
Details
- Released
- June 1, 1985
- Runtime
- 2h 40m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- JA
- Original title
- 乱
- Country
- Japan, France
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $23,334,156
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