Ran (1985)
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
Overview
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
- 小国英雄Screenplay
- 黒澤明Screenplay
- William ShakespeareTheatre Play
- 井手雅人Screenplay
- 黒澤明Director
StatusReleased
Original LanguageJapanese
Original title乱
Budget$12,000,000.00
Revenue$23,334,156.00
Casts
仲代達矢
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
寺尾聰
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
根津甚八
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
隆大介
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
原田美枝子
Lady Kaede
宮崎美子
Lady Sue
二世野村萬斎
Tsurumaru
井川比佐志
Shuri Kurogane
池畑慎之介
Kyoami
油井昌由樹
Tango Hirayama
加藤和夫
Kageyu Ikoma
松井範雄
Shumenosuke Ogura
伊藤 敏八
Mondo Naganuma
Heihachiro Suzuki
Fujimaki's General
児玉謙次
Samon Shirane
東郷晴子
Kaede's lady in waiting
南條玲子
Hideota's concubine
Tokie Kanda
Sue's lady in waiting
Sawako Kochi
Hidetora's concubine
音羽久米子
Sue's lady in waiting
加藤武
Koyota Hatakeyama
田崎潤
Seiji Ayabe
植木等
Nobuhiro Fujimaki
頭師孝雄
頭師佳孝
Tetsuo Yamashita
Akihiko Sugizaki
Masaaki Sasaki
Satoru Fukasaku
(uncredited)
寺島進
Foot soldier (uncredited)