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Ran

Ran

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

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.

Crew
Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Hideo Oguni

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Masato Hara

Producer

Serge Silberman

Serge Silberman

Producer

Toru Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Asakazu Nakai

Asakazu Nakai

Director of Photography

Takao Saitō

Director of Photography

Shôji Ueda

Director of Photography

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Editor

Daizaburo Harada

Still Photographer

Katsumi Furukawa

Executive Producer

Hisao Kurosawa

Associate Producer

Shinobu Muraki

Production Design

Yoshirō Muraki

Yoshirō Muraki

Production Design

Emi Wada

Costume Design

Satoru Iseki

Production Manager

Masayuki Motomochi

Unit Production Manager

Teruyo Nogami

Teruyo Nogami

Production Manager

Ulrich Picard

Production Manager

Tsutomu Sakurai

Unit Production Manager

Takashi Ōhashi

Production Manager

Bernard Cohn

Assistant Director

Ishirō Honda

Ishirō Honda

Assistant Director

Takashi Koizumi

Takashi Koizumi

Assistant Director

Okihiro Yoneda

Okihiro Yoneda

Assistant Director

Jean-Marc Lentretien

Sound mixer

Takeji Sano

Gaffer

Hisao Kurosawa

Production Coordinator

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Storyboard Artist

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Theatre Play

Shohichiro Meda

Makeup Artist

Chihako Naito

Makeup Artist

Noriko Takamizawa

Makeup Artist

Ichiro Yamamoto

Assistant Director

Claude Villand

Claude Villand

Production Sound Mixer

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Recordist

Makoto Sano

Electrician

Serge Silberman

Serge Silberman

Presenter

Katsumi Furukawa

Presenter

Masato Ide

Screenplay

Jiro Hirai

Set Decoration

Mitsuyuki Kimura

Set Decoration

Yasuyoshi Ototake

Set Decoration

Tsuneo Shimura

Set Decoration

Osumi Tousho

Set Decoration

Tameyuki Aimi

Makeup Artist

Yoshiko Matsumoto

Hairstylist

Noriko Sato

Hairstylist

Shoshichiro Ueda

Makeup Artist

Seikichi Iizumi

Production Manager

Takayuki Goto

Sound Assistant

Sôichi Inoue

Sound Assistant

Takenori Misawa

Sound Assistant

Hideo Takeichi

Sound Assistant

Shotaro Yoshida

Sound Recordist

Anne Brav

Translator

Masahiko Kumada

Production Assistant

Ko Nauri

Production Assistant

Takeo Suga

Accountant

Takeo Suga

Assistant Camera

Noburu Asono

Assistant Camera

Hidehiro Igarashi

Assistant Camera

Nobuyuki Kitô

Assistant Camera

Kosuke Matsushima

Assistant Camera

Masakazu Oka

Assistant Camera

Yoshinori Sekiguchi

Assistant Camera

Suzuki Mamoru

Assistant Camera

Shigeo Suzuki

Assistant Camera

Koji Choya

Electrician

Yoshio Iyama

Electrician

Koichi Kamata

Electrician

Mutsuo Komine

Electrician

Yuichi Oyama

Electrician

Tetsuo Sawada

Electrician

Shintaro Tazaki

Electrician

Akira Fukuda

Wardrobe Assistant

Kazuko Numata

Wardrobe Assistant

Noriko Taguchi

Wardrobe Assistant

Hideto Aga

Assistant Editor

Hajime Ishihara

Assistant Editor

Ryûsuke Ôtsubo

Assistant Editor

Hiroyuki Iwaki

Conductor