Ran

2h 40min

Action

Drama

History

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.

Production Companies

Nippon Herald Films

Greenwich Film Production

Herald Ace

Kurosawa Film Production

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao

Akira Terao

Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu

Jinpachi Nezu

Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryū

Daisuke Ryū

Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada

Mieko Harada

Lady Kaede
Mansai Nomura

Mansai Nomura

Tsurumaru
Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Shuri Kurogane
Masayuki Yui

Masayuki Yui

Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Katō

Kazuo Katō

Kageyu Ikoma
Norio Matsui

Norio Matsui

Shumenosuke Ogura
Toshiya Ito

Toshiya Ito

Mondo Naganuma
Heihachiro Suzuki

Heihachiro Suzuki

Fujimaki's General
Kenji Kodama

Kenji Kodama

Samon Shirane
Haruko Tōgō

Haruko Tōgō

Kaede's lady in waiting
Reiko Nanjo

Reiko Nanjo

Hideota's concubine
Tokie Kanda

Tokie Kanda

Sue's lady in waiting
Sawako Kochi

Sawako Kochi

Hidetora's concubine
Kumeko Otowa

Kumeko Otowa

Sue's lady in waiting
Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Koyota Hatakeyama
Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Seiji Ayabe
Hitoshi Ueki

Hitoshi Ueki

Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Satoru Fukasaku

Satoru Fukasaku

(uncredited)
Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Foot soldier (uncredited)

Release date

1st Jun 1985

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語