Ran (1985)
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
160 min
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.
- Release date
- June 1, 1985
- Country of origin
- Japan, France
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $23,334,156
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
- Akira Terao as Tarō Takatora Ichimonji
- Jinpachi Nezu as Jirō Masatora Ichimonji
- Daisuke Ryû as Saburō Naotora Ichimonji
- Mieko Harada as Lady Kaede
- Yoshiko Miyazaki as Lady Sue
- Mansai Nomura as Tsurumaru
- Hisashi Igawa as Shūri Kurogane
- Pītā as Kyōami
- Masayuki Yui as Tango Hirayama
- Kazuo Katô as Kageyu Ikoma
- Norio Matsui as Shumenosuke Ogura
- Toshiya Ito as Mondo Naganuma
- Kenji Kodama as Samon Shirane
- Haruko Tôgô as Kaede's lady in waiting
- 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
- Yoshitaka Zushi
- Susumu Terajima as Foot soldier (uncredited)
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
- Hideo Oguni · Writer
- Masato Ide · Writer
- Masato Hara · Producer
- Serge Silberman · Producer
- Tôru Takemitsu · Composer
- Asakazu Nakai · Cinematographer
- Takao Saitô · Cinematographer
- Shôji Ueda · Cinematographer
- Akira Kurosawa · Editor
- Shinobu Muraki · Production designer
- Yoshirô Muraki · Production designer