"In a mad world, only the mad are sane."

1985

2h 40m

8.1(1648 votes)

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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.

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仲代達矢

Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

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寺尾聰

Taro Takatora Ichimonji

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根津甚八

Jiro Masatora Ichimonji

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隆大介

Saburo Naotora Ichimonji

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原田美枝子

Lady Kaede

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宮崎美子

Lady Sue

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二世野村萬斎

Tsurumaru

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井川比佐志

Shuri Kurogane

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池畑慎之介

Kyoami

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油井昌由樹

Tango Hirayama

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加藤和夫

Kageyu Ikoma

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松井範雄

Shumenosuke Ogura

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伊藤敏八

Mondo Naganuma

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Heihachiro Suzuki

Fujimaki's General

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児玉謙次

Samon Shirane

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東郷晴子

Kaede's lady in waiting

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南條玲子

Hideota's concubine

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Tokie Kanda

Sue's lady in waiting

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Sawako Kochi

Hidetora's concubine

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音羽久米子

Sue's lady in waiting

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加藤武

Koyota Hatakeyama

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田崎潤

Seiji Ayabe

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植木等

Nobuhiro Fujimaki

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頭師孝雄

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頭師佳孝

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Tetsuo Yamashita

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Akihiko Sugizaki

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Masaaki Sasaki

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Satoru Fukasaku

(uncredited)

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寺島進

Foot soldier (uncredited)

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仲代達矢

寺尾聰

根津甚八

隆大介

原田美枝子

宮崎美子

二世野村萬斎

井川比佐志

池畑慎之介

油井昌由樹

加藤和夫

松井範雄

伊藤 敏八

Heihachiro Suzuki

児玉謙次

東郷晴子

南條玲子

Tokie Kanda

Sawako Kochi

音羽久米子

加藤武

田崎潤

植木等

頭師孝雄

頭師佳孝

Tetsuo Yamashita

Akihiko Sugizaki

Masaaki Sasaki

Satoru Fukasaku

寺島進

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伊藤敏八