Overview
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 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