Ran
1985 · Movie · 160 min. · Japan
A reinterpretation of William Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. The Lear counterpart is an elderly 16th-century warlord (Tatsuya Nakadai), who announces that he's about to divide his kingdom equally among his three sons. In his dotage, he falls prey to the false flattery of his treacherous sons (Akira Terao and Jinpachi Nezu), while banishing his youngest son (Daisuke Ryu), the only member of the family who loves him enough to tell him the unvarnished truth. Thanks to his foolish pride, his domain collapses under its own weight as the sons battle each other over total control.
Direction Akira Kurosawa
Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Akira Terao · Jinpachi Nezu · Pîtâ · Mieko Harada · Masayuki Yui · Daisuke Ryû · Yoshiko Miyazaki · Hisashi Igawa · Kazuo Katô · Norio Matsui · Kenji Kodama · Toshiya Ito · Mansai Nomura · Takeshi Katô · Jun Tazaki · Hitoshi Ueki · Takao Zushi · Yoshitaka Zushi · Tetsuo Yamashita · Akihiko Sugizaki · Masaaki Sasaki · Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi · Masuo Amada · Masaru Sakurai · Sakae Kimura · Ryûjirô Oki
Soundtrack Tôru Takemitsu
Screenplay Akira Kurosawa · Hideo Oguni · Masato Ide · William Shakespeare
Cinematography Takao Saito · Asakazu Nakai · Masaharu Ueda
Original title Ran
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