"In a mad world, only the mad are sane."
★8(1,773)19852h 40m
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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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Top Billed 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
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
H
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Katō
Kageyu Ikoma
N
Norio Matsui
Shumenosuke Ogura
T
Toshiya Ito
Mondo Naganuma
H
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
S
Sawako Kochi
Hidetora's concubine
Kumeko Otowa
Sue's lady in waiting
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
M
Masato Hara
Producer
H
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Serge Silberman
Producer
K
Katsumi Furukawa
Executive Producer
M
Masato Ide
Screenplay
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