Story
Full overview
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.
People
Cast
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
Kazuo KatōKageyu Ikoma
Norio MatsuiShumenosuke OguraToshiya ItoMondo NaganumaProduction
Key crew
Masato HaraProducer
Akira KurosawaDirector
Serge SilbermanProducer
Katsumi FurukawaExecutive Producer