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Akira Kurosawa’s Academy Award®-winning adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, RAN considers the disastrous consequences of Lord Hidetora Ichimonji’s (Tatsuya Nakadai) decision to split his kingdom among his three sons.

Original Release

06/01/1985

US Release

09/26/1985

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Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai	Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao	Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada	Lady Kaede
Jinpachi Nezu	Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryu	Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Yoshiko Miyazaki	Lady Sue
Hisashi Igawa	Shuri Kurogane
Pîtâ	Kyoami
Masayuki Yui	Tango Hirayama
Norio Matsui	Shumenosuke Ogura

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Directors

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa, William Shakespeare, Hideo Oguni

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai	Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao	Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada	Lady Kaede
Jinpachi Nezu	Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryu	Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Yoshiko Miyazaki	Lady Sue
Hisashi Igawa	Shuri Kurogane
Pîtâ	Kyoami
Masayuki Yui	Tango Hirayama
Norio Matsui	Shumenosuke Ogura
Toshiya Ito	Mondo Naganuma
Kenji Kodama	Samon Shirane
Mansai Nomura	Tsurumaru
Takeshi Katô	Koyata Hatakeyama / Koyota Hatakeyama
Jun Tazaki	Seiji Ayabe
Hitoshi Ueki	Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Tokie Kanda	Sue's lady in waiting
Sawako Kochi	Hidetora's concubine
Reiko Nanjo	Hidetora's concubine / Hideota's concubine
Kumeko Otowa	Sue's lady in waiting

Producers

Katsumi Furukawa	Executive Producer
Serge Silberman	Producer
Hisao Kurosawa	Producer
Masato Hara	Producer

Editors

Akira Kurosawa

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1986	Oscar	Best Director	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Cinematography	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration	Nominated
1986	Oscar	Best Costume Design	Won
1986	Golden Globe	Best Foreign Film	Nominated