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12A
21/10/1985 (GB)
Action, Drama, History
2h 40m
- 81% (1634 votes)
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In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
Overview
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
- Akira KurosawaDirector, Screenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Masato IdeScreenplay
Original Title
乱
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$23,334,156
Keywords
- epic
- assassination
- kingdom
- gun
- greed
- castle
- heir to the throne
- revenge
- descent into madness
- historical fiction
- seppuku
- inheritance fight
- ruins
- jidaigeki
- historical drama
- king lear
- feudal japan
- black widow
- somber
- hopelessness
- dramatic
- tragic
Top Billed Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
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