Ran

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

Categories: Action, Drama, History
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1985-06-01
Run time: 160 minute / 2:40
Budget: $12,000,000
Revenue: $23,334,156
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide.
Website: https://www.rialtopictures.com/catalogue/ran
Production Companies : Nippon Herald Films, Greenwich Film Production, Herald Ace
Production Countries: Japan, France

Trailer


Tatsuya Nakadai
as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao
as Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu
as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryū
as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada
as Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki
as Lady Sue
Mansai Nomura
as Tsurumaru
Hisashi Igawa
as Shuri Kurogane
Shinnosuke Ikehata
as Kyoami
Masayuki Yui
as Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Katō
as Kageyu Ikoma
Norio Matsui
as Shumenosuke Ogura
Toshiya Ito
as Mondo Naganuma
Heihachiro Suzuki
as Fujimaki's General
Kenji Kodama
as Samon Shirane
Haruko Tōgō
as Kaede's lady in waiting
Reiko Nanjo
as Hideota's concubine
Tokie Kanda
as Sue's lady in waiting
Sawako Kochi
as Hidetora's concubine
Kumeko Otowa
as Sue's lady in waiting
Takeshi Katō
as Koyota Hatakeyama
Jun Tazaki
as Seiji Ayabe
Hitoshi Ueki
as Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Takao Zushi
Yoshitaka Zushi
Tetsuo Yamashita
Akihiko Sugizaki
Masaaki Sasaki
Satoru Fukasaku
as (uncredited)
Susumu Terajima
as Foot soldier (uncredited)
Camera
Takao Saitō Director of Photography
Shoji Ueda Director of Photography

Writing
Hideo Oguni Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa Screenplay

Editing
Akira Kurosawa Editor

Production
Masato Hara Producer

Camera
Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography

Production
Serge Silberman Producer

Directing
Akira Kurosawa Director

Sound
Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer

Camera
Daizaburo Harada Still Photographer

Production
Hisao Kurosawa Associate Producer
Katsumi Furukawa Executive Producer
Teruyo Nogami Production Manager

Directing
Bernard Cohn Assistant Director
Ishirō Honda Assistant Director

Art
Shinobu Muraki Production Design

Sound
Jean-Marc Lentretien Sound mixer

Directing
Takashi Koizumi Assistant Director

Costume & Make-Up
Emi Wada Costume Design

Production
Satoru Iseki Production Manager
Masayuki Motomochi Unit Production Manager
Tsutomu Sakurai Unit Production Manager
Ulrich Picard Production Manager

Directing
Okihiro Yoneda Assistant Director

Lighting
Takeji Sano Gaffer

Production
Hisao Kurosawa Production Coordinator

Art
Yoshirō Muraki Production Design

Production
Takashi Ōhashi Production Manager

Art
Akira Kurosawa Storyboard Artist

Writing
William Shakespeare Theatre Play

Costume & Make-Up
Shohichiro Meda Makeup Artist
Chihako Naito Makeup Artist
Noriko Takamizawa Makeup Artist

Directing
Ichiro Yamamoto Assistant Director

Sound
Claude Villand Production Sound Mixer
Fumio Yanoguchi Sound Recordist

Lighting
Makoto Sano Electrician

Crew
Serge Silberman Presenter
Katsumi Furukawa Presenter

Writing
Masato Ide Screenplay

Art
Jiro Hirai Set Decoration
Mitsuyuki Kimura Set Decoration
Yasuyoshi Ototake Set Decoration
Tsuneo Shimura Set Decoration
Osumi Tousho Set Decoration

Costume & Make-Up
Tameyuki Aimi Makeup Artist
Yoshiko Matsumoto Hairstylist
Noriko Sato Hairstylist
Shoshichiro Ueda Makeup Artist

Production
Seikichi Iizumi Production Manager

Sound
Takayuki Goto Sound Assistant
Sôichi Inoue Sound Assistant
Takenori Misawa Sound Assistant
Hideo Takeichi Sound Assistant
Shotaro Yoshida Sound Recordist

Crew
Anne Brav Translator

Production
Masahiko Kumada Production Assistant
Ko Nauri Production Assistant
Takeo Suga Accountant

Camera
Takeo Suga Assistant Camera
Noburu Asono Assistant Camera
Hidehiro Igarashi Assistant Camera
Nobuyuki Kitô Assistant Camera
Kosuke Matsushima Assistant Camera
Masakazu Oka Assistant Camera
Yoshinori Sekiguchi Assistant Camera
Suzuki Mamoru Assistant Camera
Shigeo Suzuki Assistant Camera

Lighting
Koji Choya Electrician
Yoshio Iyama Electrician
Koichi Kamata Electrician
Mutsuo Komine Electrician
Yuichi Oyama Electrician
Tetsuo Sawada Electrician
Shintaro Tazaki Electrician

Costume & Make-Up
Akira Fukuda Wardrobe Assistant
Kazuko Numata Wardrobe Assistant
Noriko Taguchi Wardrobe Assistant

Editing
Hideto Aga Assistant Editor
Hajime Ishihara Assistant Editor
Ryûsuke Ôtsubo Assistant Editor

Sound
Hiroyuki Iwaki Conductor





















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