Country
Japan
Date
May 25, 1985
Certification
G
Note
Tokyo
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
2h 40min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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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| Yoshitaka Zushi | |
| Tetsuo Yamashita | |
| Akihiko Sugizaki | |
| Masaaki Sasaki | |
| Satoru Fukasaku | (uncredited) |
| Susumu Terajima | Foot soldier (uncredited) |
Genres
ActionDramaHistory
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | 乱 |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan, France |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Nippon Herald Films, Greenwich Film Production, Herald Ace |
| Sito ufficiale | rialtopictures.com |
| Data di uscita | 1 giugno 1985 |
| Exec. Producer | Katsumi Furukawa |
| Producer | Masato Hara, Serge Silberman, Hisao Kurosawa |
| Writer | Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide, William Shakespeare |
| Editors | Akira Kurosawa, Hideto Aga, Hajime Ishihara, Ryûsuke Ôtsubo |
| Cinematography | Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitō, Shoji Ueda, Daizaburo Harada, Takeo Suga, Noburu Asono, Hidehiro Igarashi, Nobuyuki Kitô, Kosuke Matsushima, Masakazu Oka, Yoshinori Sekiguchi, Suzuki Mamoru, Shigeo Suzuki |
| Asst. Directors | Bernard Cohn, Ishirō Honda, Takashi Koizumi, Okihiro Yoneda, Ichiro Yamamoto, Akira Kurosawa |
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Release dates
Premiere
Country
Spain
Date
Aug 31, 1985
Note
Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival
Country
United States
Date
Sep 26, 1985
Note
New York Film Festival
Country
India
Date
Oct 23, 2010
Note
Mumbai Film Festival
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Country
Greece
Date
Oct 27, 2011
Note
Panorama of European Cinema
Country
France
Date
May 13, 2015
Note
Cannes Film Festival / Restored 4K version
Limited release
Country
United States
Date
Dec 20, 1985
Certification
R
Country
Thailand
Date
Dec 21, 2019
Certification
15
Note
4k Remaster Re-release
Country
Czechia
Date
Oct 26, 2023
Certification
15+
Note
Restored 4K version
Theatrical release
Country
Japan
Date
Jun 01, 1985
Country
France
Date
Sep 17, 1985
Country
Italy
Date
Sep 24, 1985
Note
Europacinema
Country
Denmark
Date
Oct 10, 1985
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Country
Belgium
Date
Oct 17, 1985
Certification
AL
Note
Gent
Country
Ireland
Date
Oct 21, 1985
Certification
15A
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Oct 21, 1985
Certification
12A
Country
Sweden
Date
Nov 15, 1985
Certification
15
Country
Spain
Date
Nov 22, 1985
Certification
16
Note
ICAA 860651
Country
Argentina
Date
Jan 16, 1986
Country
Netherlands
Date
Feb 20, 1986
Certification
16
Country
Finland
Date
Mar 07, 1986
Country
Germany
Date
Apr 10, 1986
Certification
12
Note
West Germany
Country
Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1986
Country
Portugal
Date
Nov 19, 1986
Certification
M/12
Country
Brazil
Date
Dec 19, 1986
Country
Philippines
Date
Sep 27, 1988
Note
Cultural Center of the Philippines
Country
XC
Date
Feb 01, 1991
Country
Türkiye
Date
Feb 15, 1991
Country
Hungary
Date
Aug 28, 1992
Country
United States
Date
Aug 18, 2000
Certification
R
Note
Re-release
Country
Greece
Date
Oct 15, 2009
Certification
K12
Note
Re-release
Country
Hong Kong
Date
May 04, 2023
Certification
IIB
Note
Restored 4K version
Country
Russia
Date
Nov 13, 2025
Certification
18+
Note
Restored 4K version
Physical media
Country
United States
Date
Jan 05, 1994
Certification
R
Note
Special Wide Screen Edition LaserDisc
Country
Greece
Date
Jan 28, 2003
Note
DVD
Country
Czechia
Date
Apr 24, 2008
Note
DVD, FilmX
Country
Japan
Date
May 29, 2009
Note
Blu-ray
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Country
France
Date
Nov 03, 2009
Certification
16
Note
StudioCanal Collection Blu-ray
Country
Netherlands
Date
Feb 13, 2013
Certification
16
Note
Blu ray
Country
Australia
Date
Aug 23, 2021
Certification
M
TV
Country
Netherlands
Date
Dec 20, 2008
Certification
16
Note
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