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

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Hisashi Igawa

Shuri Kurogane

Shinnosuke Ikehata

Kyoami

Masayuki Yui

Tango Hirayama

Kazuo Katō

Kageyu Ikoma

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Norio Matsui

Shumenosuke Ogura

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Toshiya Ito

Mondo Naganuma

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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

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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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