Ran
"In a mad world, only the mad are sane."
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.
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
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Katō
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
Takao Zushi
Yoshitaka Zushi
Tetsuo Yamashita
Akihiko Sugizaki
Masaaki Sasaki
Satoru Fukasaku
(uncredited)
Susumu Terajima
Foot soldier (uncredited)
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Masato Hara
Producer
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Shôji Ueda
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Serge Silberman
Producer
Daizaburo Harada
Still Photographer
Katsumi Furukawa
Executive Producer
Hisao Kurosawa
Associate Producer
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Bernard Cohn
Assistant Director
Tsutomu Sakurai
Unit Production Manager
Teruyo Nogami
Production Manager
Ishirō Honda
Assistant Director
Takashi Koizumi
Assistant Director
Okihiro Yoneda
Assistant Director
Takeji Sano
Gaffer
Satoru Iseki
Production Manager
Ulrich Picard
Production Manager
Takashi Ōhashi
Production Manager
Hisao Kurosawa
Production Coordinator
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Jean-Marc Lentretien
Sound mixer
Masayuki Motomochi
Unit Production Manager
Shinobu Muraki
Production Design
Akira Kurosawa
Storyboard Artist
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Shohichiro Meda
Makeup Artist
Chihako Naito
Makeup Artist
Noriko Takamizawa
Makeup Artist
Ichiro Yamamoto
Assistant Director
Claude Villand
Production Sound Mixer
Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Recordist
Makoto Sano
Electrician
Serge Silberman
Presenter
Katsumi Furukawa
Presenter
Masato Ide
Screenplay
Jiro Hirai
Set Decoration
Mitsuyuki Kimura
Set Decoration
Yasuyoshi Ototake
Set Decoration
Tsuneo Shimura
Set Decoration
Osumi Tousho
Set Decoration
Tameyuki Aimi
Makeup Artist
Yoshiko Matsumoto
Hairstylist
Noriko Sato
Hairstylist
Shoshichiro Ueda
Makeup Artist
Seikichi Iizumi
Production Manager
Takayuki Goto
Sound Assistant
Sôichi Inoue
Sound Assistant
Takenori Misawa
Sound Assistant
Hideo Takeichi
Sound Assistant
Shotaro Yoshida
Sound Recordist
Anne Brav
Translator
Masahiko Kumada
Production Assistant
Ko Nauri
Production Assistant
Takeo Suga
Accountant
Takeo Suga
Assistant Camera
Noburu Asono
Assistant Camera
Hidehiro Igarashi
Assistant Camera
Nobuyuki Kitô
Assistant Camera
Kosuke Matsushima
Assistant Camera
Masakazu Oka
Assistant Camera
Yoshinori Sekiguchi
Assistant Camera
Suzuki Mamoru
Assistant Camera
Shigeo Suzuki
Assistant Camera
Koji Choya
Electrician
Yoshio Iyama
Electrician
Koichi Kamata
Electrician
Mutsuo Komine
Electrician
Yuichi Oyama
Electrician
Tetsuo Sawada
Electrician
Shintaro Tazaki
Electrician
Akira Fukuda
Wardrobe Assistant
Kazuko Numata
Wardrobe Assistant
Noriko Taguchi
Wardrobe Assistant
Hideto Aga
Assistant Editor
Hajime Ishihara
Assistant Editor
Ryûsuke Ôtsubo
Assistant Editor
Hiroyuki Iwaki
Conductor