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PS/2 game consoles. (Synopsis)
This is a Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear. An aging warlord decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles. The two eldest sons are quite happy, but the youngest thinks his father has gone mad, and predicts that it won't be long until the two older brothers are fighting with each other.
Extras : Documentary, Making Of (71mins)
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Script
Akira Kurosawa
Hideo Oguni
Masato Ide
Producers
Hisao Kurosawa
Katsumi Furukawa
Masato Hara
Serge Silberman
Cast
Akihiko Sugizaki
Akira Terao
Daisuke Ryu
Hanbei Kawai
Haruko Togo
Heihachiro Suzuki
Hisashi Igawa
Hitoshi Ueki
Jinpachi Nezu
Jun Tazaki
Kazuo Kato
Kenji Kodama
Kumeko Otowa
Masaaki Sasaki
Masaru Sakurai
Masayuki Yui
Masuo Amada
Mieko Harada
Norio Matsui
Reiko Nanjo
Ryo Nagasawa
Ryojiro Oki
Sakae Kimura
Sawako Kochi
Takao Zushi
Takashi Nomura
Takashi Watanabe
Takeshi Kato
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tetsuo Yamashita
Tokie Kanda
Toshiya Ito
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi
Yoshitaka Zushi
Publisher: CVE
Audio: Japanese/English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Video: WideScreen
Subtitles: English
Running Time: 154mins
Release Year: 1985
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