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Ran

Name: Ran
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Released: 1985-06-01
Duration: 160 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryū, Mieko Harada

1985Action · Drama · History★ 8.0/10

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Story

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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.

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Cast

Tatsuya NakadaiLord Hidetora Ichimonji

Akira TeraoTaro Takatora Ichimonji

Jinpachi NezuJiro Masatora Ichimonji

Daisuke RyūSaburo Naotora Ichimonji

Mieko HaradaLady Kaede

Yoshiko MiyazakiLady Sue

Mansai NomuraTsurumaru

Hisashi IgawaShuri Kurogane

Shinnosuke IkehataKyoami

Masayuki YuiTango Hirayama

Kazuo KatōKageyu Ikoma

Norio MatsuiShumenosuke Ogura

Toshiya ItoMondo Naganuma

Production

Key crew

Akira KurosawaDirector

Masato HaraProducer

Serge SilbermanProducer

Katsumi FurukawaExecutive Producer

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