- StatusReleased
- Release Date1985-06-01
- Runtime160 minutes
- TaglineIn a mad world, only the mad are sane.
- Revenue23,334,156$
- GenreAction, Drama, History
- Production
CompaniesNippon Herald Films, Greenwich Film Production, Herald Ace, Kurosawa Film Production - Budget12,000,000$
Movie Overview
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Casts
Tatsuya Nakadai
Akira Terao
Jinpachi Nezu
Daisuke Ryū
Mieko Harada
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Mansai Nomura
Hisashi Igawa
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Masayuki Yui
Kazuo Katō
Kenji Kodama
Haruko Tōgō
Reiko Nanjo
Tokie Kanda
Kumeko Otowa
Takeshi Katō
Jun Tazaki
Hitoshi Ueki
Takao Zushi
Yoshitaka Zushi
