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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.
Theatrical
Aug 18, 2000
Box Office
$23.3M
Budget
$12.0M
Return
1.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 16, 2021
Theaters
7
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Nippon Herald Films, Greenwich Film Production, Herald Ace
Original Title
乱
Original Language
Japanese
Quotes
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Quotes about Ran
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[[Akira Kurosawa; [Salon.com]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Divine Sadness Over Human Destruction in Ran
Quotes about Ran
What I was trying to get at in Ran, and this was there from the script stage, was that the gods or God or whoever it is observing human events is feeling sadness about how human beings destroy each other, and powerlessness to affect human beings behavior.
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Cast
Full credits →T
Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
A
Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
J
Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
D
Daisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
M
Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede
Y
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
M
Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
H
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
S
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
M
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
K
Kazuo Katō
Kageyu Ikoma
N
Norio Matsui
Shumenosuke Ogura
T
Toshiya Ito
Mondo Naganuma
K
Kenji Kodama
Samon Shirane
H
Haruko Tōgō
Kaede's lady in waiting
R
Reiko Nanjo
Hideota's concubine
T
Tokie Kanda
Sue's lady in waiting
K
Kumeko Otowa
Sue's lady in waiting
T
Takeshi Katō
Koyota Hatakeyama
J
Jun Tazaki
Seiji Ayabe
