In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
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.
ActionDramaHistoryassassinationkingdomgungreedcastlesiegeheir to the thronerevengedescent into madnesshistorical fictionperiod dramaseppuku
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- Tatsuya NakadaiLord Hidetora Ichimonji
- Akira TeraoTaro Takatora Ichimonji
- Jinpachi NezuJiro Masatora Ichimonji
- Daisuke RyūSaburo Naotora Ichimonji
- Mieko HaradaLady Kaede
- Yoshiko MiyazakiLady Sue
- Mansai NomuraTsurumaru
- Hisashi IgawaShuri Kurogane
- Shinnosuke IkehataKyoami
- Masayuki YuiTango Hirayama
Crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Masato IdeScreenplay
- Takao SaitōDirector of Photography
- Shoji UedaDirector of Photography
- Asakazu NakaiDirector of Photography
- Tōru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaEditor
- Masato HaraProducer
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