Ran (1985)

8.0/10 160 min Action Drama History

Overview

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

Kenji Kodama

Samon Shirane

Haruko Tōgō

Kaede's lady in waiting

Reiko Nanjo

Hideota's concubine

Tokie Kanda

Sue's lady in waiting

Kumeko Otowa

Sue's lady in waiting

Recommendations

Harakiri
Samurai Rebellion
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Killing
Lady Snowblood
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Taboo
Assassination
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Braveheart
ICHI
Sex and Fury
Blade of the Immortal
William Tell
The Princess
Titus
13 Assassins
Shoplifters