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Ran 1985 Directed by Akira Kurosawa

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

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.

Country Japan
Production Countries France , Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Budget $12,000,000
Revenue $23,334,156
Release Date 1 June 1985
160 mins
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
Mansai Nomura Tsurumaru
Hisashi Igawa Shuri Kurogane
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
Satoru Fukasaku (uncredited)
Susumu Terajima Foot soldier (uncredited)