


“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 aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writers
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Release Date
June 1, 1985
Runtime
2h 40m
Status
Released
Original Language
ja
Vote Count
1,725

Greenwich Film Production
Herald Ace
Kurosawa Film Production