Ran

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Ran
US DVD cover
Directed by	Akira Kurosawa
Produced by	Masato Hara Serge Silberman
Written by	Play: William Shakespeare Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa Hideo Oguni Masato Ide
Music by	Toru Takemitsu
Cinematography	Asakazu Nakai Takao Saito Masaharu Ueda
Editing by	Akira Kurosawa
Distributed by	Toho
Released	June 1, 1985
Running time	160 min.
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Ran (乱, Ran) is a 1985 Japanese film based on William Shakespeare's King Lear and directed by Akira Kurosawa.

[edit] Plot

In the 16th century Lord Hidetora decides to retire and divide his kingdom among his three sons. When one of the sons objects to this, warning that the other two sons will fight for control instead of being content with what they are given, he is banished. However, he ends up being right in his prediction and an epic war ensues, eventually driving Lord Hidetora mad.

[edit] Cast

• Tatsuya Nakadai ... Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
• Akira Terao ... Taro Takatora Ichimonji
• Jinpachi Nezu ... Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
• Daisuke Ryu ... Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
• Mieko Harada ... Lady Kaede
• Yoshiko Miyazaki ... Lady Sué
• Hisashi Igawa ... Shuri Kurogane
• Peter ... Kyoami
• Masayuki Yui ... Tango Hirayama
• Kazuo Kato ... Kageyu Ikoma
• Norio Matsui ... Shumenosuke Ogura
• Toshiya Ito ... Mondo Naganuma
• Kenji Kodama ... Samon Shirane
• Takashi Watanabe
• Mansai Nomura ... Tsurumaru
• Takeshi Kato ... Koyata Hatakeyama
• Jun Tazaki ... Seiji Ayabe
• Hitoshi Ueki ... Nobuhiro Fujimaki
• Takao Zushi
• Yoshitaka Zushi
• Tetsuo Yamashita
• Akihiko Sugizaki
• Masaaki Sasaki
• Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi
• Masuo Amada
• Masaru Sakurai
• Sakae Kimura
• Ryojiro Oki
• Hanbei Kawai
• Ryo Nagasawa
• Yuichi Hibi
• Tokie Kanda ... Sué's lady in waiting
• Sawako Kochi ... Hidetora's concubine
• Reiko Nanjo ... Hidetora's concubine
• Kumeko Otowa ... Sué's lady in waiting
• Heihachiro Suzuki ... Fujimaki's General
• Haruko Togo ... Kaede's lady in waiting

[edit] External links

• Ran at Wikipedia