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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
12/20/1985
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 Sue |
Hisashi Igawa | Shuri Kurogane |
Pîtâ | Kyoami |
Masayuki Yui | Tango Hirayama |
Kazuo Katô | Kageyu Ikoma |
Directors
Writers
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide, William Shakespeare
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 Sue |
Hisashi Igawa | Shuri Kurogane |
Pîtâ | Kyoami |
Masayuki Yui | Tango Hirayama |
Kazuo Katô | Kageyu Ikoma |
Norio Matsui | Shumenosuke Ogura |
Toshiya Ito | Mondo Naganuma |
Kenji Kodama | Samon Shirane |
Takashi Watanabe | Fujimaki Clan general |
Mansai Nomura | Tsurumaru |
Takeshi Katô | Koyata Hatakeyama / Koyota Hatakeyama |
Jun Tazaki | Seiji Ayabe |
Hitoshi Ueki | Nobuhiro Fujimaki |
Takao Zushi | |
Yoshitaka Zushi |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Katsumi Furukawa | Executive Producer |
Masato Hara | Producer |
Hisao Kurosawa | Producer |
Serge Silberman | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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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 |