Ran

Äventyr, Drama, Krig

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 Sué
Hisashi Igawa	Shuri Kurogane
Masayuki Yui	Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Kato	Kageyu Ikoma

Regissör	Akira Kurosawa
Producent	Masato Hara; Serge Silberman
Manusförfattare	Akira Kurosawa; William Shakespeare
Fotograf	Takao Saitô; Masaharu Ueda; Asakazu Nakai
Kompositör	Tôru Takemitsu

This film is a version of Shakespeare’s King Lear set in feudal Japan. The elderly but still powerful warlord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to step aside and divide his territories between his three sons Taro (Akira Terao), Jiro (Jinpachi Nezu), and Saburo (Daisuke Ryu). Only Saburo, the youngest son, foresees the problems his father’s abdication will create, and advises him against it. For his honesty, he is banished from his father’s presence. Soon, the older brothers Taro and Jiro are fighting amongst themselves for complete power, betraying and abandoning their father, who descends into madness. Rival warlords join the battle for the Ichimonji lands, and all out war and devastation follows.