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.
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
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)
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Masato Hara
Producer
Serge Silberman
Jan 2, 2021
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Nippon Herald Films
JP
Greenwich Film Production
FR
Herald Ace
Japan
France
日本語