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1 videocassette (160 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
In 16th century Japan, an aging ruler attempts to divide his kingdom among his three sons, who turn against each other and betray their father, triggering events that ultimately shatter the kingdom, destroy the family, and drive their father insane.
Greenwich Film Productions ; produced by Serge Silberman and Masato Hara ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni and Masato Ide.
Videocassette release of the 1985 motion picture.
Based on "King Lear" by William Shakespeare.
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada.
Directors of photography, Takao Saito and Masaharu Ueda ; music, Toru Takemitsu.