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Ran

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

8.0/ 1019852h 40mR

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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.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

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Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

Akira Terao

Akira Terao

Taro Takatora Ichimonji

Jinpachi Nezu

Jinpachi Nezu

Jiro Masatora Ichimonji

Daisuke Ryū

Daisuke Ryū

Saburo Naotora Ichimonji

Mieko Harada

Mieko Harada

Lady Kaede

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Lady Sue

Mansai Nomura

Mansai Nomura

Tsurumaru

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Shuri Kurogane