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.
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Tatsuya Nakadai | Lord Hidetora Ichimonji |
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Akira Terao | Taro Takatora Ichimonji |
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Jinpachi Nezu | Jiro Masatora Ichimonji |
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Daisuke Ryu | Saburo Naotora Ichimonji |
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Mieko Harada | Lady Kaede |
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Yoshiko Miyazaki | Lady Sue |
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Hisashi Igawa | Shuri Kurogane |
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Pîtâ | Kyoami |
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Masayuki Yui | Tango Hirayama |
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Kazuo Kato | Kageyu Ikoma |
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Norio Matsui | Shumenosuke Ogura |
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Toshiya Ito | Mondo Naganuma |
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Kenji Kodama | Samon Shirane |
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Takashi Watanabe | Fujimaki Clan general |
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Mansai Nomura | Tsurumaru |
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Takeshi Kato | Koyata Hatakeyama |
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Jun Tazaki | Seiji Ayabe |
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Hitoshi Ueki | Nobuhiro Fujimaki |
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Takao Zushi | |
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Yoshitaka Zushi | |
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Tetsuo Yamashita | |
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Akihiko Sugizaki | |
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Masaaki Sasaki | |
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Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi | |
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Masuo Amada |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
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| Writer | Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide, William Shakespeare | |
| Producer | Katsumi Furukawa, Masato Hara, Hisao Kurosawa, Serge Silberman | |
| Musician | Tôru Takemitsu | |
| Photography | Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitô, Shôji Ueda | |
| Edition | The Criterion Edition |
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| Packaging | Custom Case |
| Nr Discs | 2 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [Japanese] Dolby Digital Stereo [Japanese] Dolby Digital Mono [Japanese] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | Criterion Collection |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Nov 22, 2005 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
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