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Ran (1985)

Ran (1985)

R 160 minutes JA Action , Drama , History
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
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.
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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 Kato
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

Crew

Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shôji Ueda
Director of Photography
Shinobu Muraki
Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Masato Hara
Producer
Katsumi Furukawa
Executive Producer
Hisao Kurosawa
Associate Producer
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Masato Ide
Writer