Synopsis
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.
Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji

Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji

Daisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji

Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede

Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue

Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane

Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami

Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama

Kazuo Katō
Kageyu Ikoma
Norio Matsui
Shumenosuke Ogura
Toshiya Ito
Mondo Naganuma
Heihachiro Suzuki
Fujimaki's General

Kenji Kodama
Samon Shirane

Haruko Tōgō
Kaede's lady in waiting

Reiko Nanjo
Hideota's concubine

Tokie Kanda
Sue's lady in waiting
Sawako Kochi
Hidetora's concubine

Kumeko Otowa
Sue's lady in waiting

Takeshi Katō
Koyota Hatakeyama

Jun Tazaki
Seiji Ayabe

Hitoshi Ueki
Nobuhiro Fujimaki

Takao Zushi
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