Ran

Synopsis: This is a Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear. An aging warlord decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles. The two eldest sons are quite happy, but the youngest thinks his father has gone mad, and predicts that it won't be long until the two older brothers are fighting with each other.

Cast:  
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 
Masayuki Yui .... Tango Hirayama 
Kazuo Kato .... Kageyu Ikoma 
Peter (I) .... Kyoami 
Hitoshi Ueki .... Nobuhiro Fujimaki 
Jun Tazaki .... Seiji Ayabe 
Norio Matsui .... Shumenosuke Ogura 
Hisashi Igawa .... Shuri Kurogane 
Kenji Kodama .... Samon Shirane 
Toshiya Ito .... Mondo Naganuma 

Director:  Akira Kurosawa 

Writer:  Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide 

Released:  1985 (theater)

Rating:  NR

Country:  Japan, France

Language:  Japanese

AKA: Chaos