Ran (1985) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Cast

• Tatsuya Nakadai as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
• Akira Terao as Taro Takatora Ichimonji
• Jinpachi Nezu as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
• Daisuke Ryū as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
• Mieko Harada as Lady Kaede
• Yoshiko Miyazaki as Lady Sue
• Mansai Nomura as Tsurumaru
• Hisashi Igawa as Shuri Kurogane
• Shinnosuke Ikehata as Kyoami
• Masayuki Yui as Tango Hirayama
• Kazuo Katō as Kageyu Ikoma
• Norio Matsui as Shumenosuke Ogura
• Toshiya Ito as Mondo Naganuma
• Heihachiro Suzuki as Fujimaki's General
• Kenji Kodama as Samon Shirane
• Haruko Tōgō as Kaede's lady in waiting
• Reiko Nanjo as Hideota's concubine
• Tokie Kanda as Sue's lady in waiting
• Sawako Kochi as Hidetora's concubine
• Kumeko Otowa as Sue's lady in waiting
• Takeshi Katō as Koyota Hatakeyama
• Jun Tazaki as Seiji Ayabe
• Hitoshi Ueki as Nobuhiro Fujimaki
• Takao Zushi
• Yoshitaka Zushi
• Tetsuo Yamashita
• Akihiko Sugizaki
• Masaaki Sasaki
• Satoru Fukasaku as (uncredited)
• Susumu Terajima as Foot soldier (uncredited)
• Tokuju Masuda

Crew

• Akira Kurosawa — Screenplay
• Masato Hara — Producer
• Hideo Oguni — Screenplay
• Tōru Takemitsu — Original Music Composer
• Asakazu Nakai — Director of Photography
• Akira Kurosawa — Director
• Shoji Ueda — Director of Photography
• Takao Saitō — Director of Photography
• Serge Silberman — Producer
• Masato Ide — Screenplay

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