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- Synopsis
- Feature film. A Japanese version of King Lear, directed by Akira Kurosawa, transposed to 16th-century feudal Japan. An old man, now a warlord, cedes his kingdom to his eldest son and starts a power struggle between the brothers.
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- France; Japan
- Medium
- Film; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1985
- Duration
- 165 mins
- Availability
- Sale
Credits
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Serge Silberman
- Screenplay
- Akira Kurosawa; Hideo Oguni; Masato Ide
- Music
- Toru Takemitsu
- Costume
- Emi Wada
- Art Direction
- Shinobu Muraki; Yoshiro Muraki
- Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai Hidetora Ichimonji (Lear) Akira Terao Taro Ichimonji (Goneril) Daisuke Ryo Saburo Ichimonji (Goneril) Jinpachi Nezu Jiro Ichimonji (Regan) Satoshi Terao
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- 16th Century
- Plays
- King Lear
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- A.K.
Notes
- General
- In Japanese ‘ran’ means chaos.
- Awards
- Academy Award 1986 - Best Costume Design. Three nominations for Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction.
BAFTA Film Award 1987 - Best Foreign Film - Reviews
- Dawson, Anthony ‘Cross-Cultural Interpretation: Reading Kurosawa, Reading Shakespeare’ in Diana E. Henderson, ed., A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. pp 155-75.
Buchanan, Judith, ‘Cross-Cultural NarratIve Rhymes: the Shakespeare Films of Akira Kurosawa’ in Shakespeare on Film (Harlow, Pearson Education, 2005). pp. 71-89.
The Criterion DVD has an audio commentary by Stephen Prince and contains Chris Marker’s documentary A.K. on the making of the film.
Production Company
- Name
Herald Ace
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
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