Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
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.
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Lady Kaede
Lady Sue
Tsurumaru
Shuri Kurogane
Kyoami
Tango Hirayama
Kageyu Ikoma
Shumenosuke Ogura
Masato Ide
Screenplay
Writing

Serge Silberman
Producer
Production

Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Sound
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Camera

Akira Kurosawa
Director
Directing

Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Editing
Daizaburo Harada
Still Photographer
Camera
Katsumi Furukawa
Executive Producer
Production
Hisao Kurosawa
Associate Producer
Production
Shinobu Muraki
Production Design
Art
Ichiro Yamamoto
Assistant Director
Directing
Masayuki Motomochi
Unit Production Manager
Production
TMDB Score
8.0
from 1813 ratings
Certification
US R
Preferred region-based rating