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In the 16th century, Lord Hidetora decides to retire and share his territory between his three sons, Taro, Jiro and Saburo. The latter foreseeing difficulties, opposes his decision. He is consequently disinherited. However, the father soon discovers that, mocking his authority, his first two sons begin to fight. Jiro treacherously kills Taro and then Saburo before realising that it is in fact Taro's widow who is responsible for this confusion since she had sworn to revenge Hidetora's murder of her family years ago. Now all that is left for Jiro is to die fighting the enemies of the Hidetora dynasty.
Serge Silberman et Katsumi Furukawa présentent un film de Akira Kurosawa ; scénario et dialogues de Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide ; produit par Serge Silberman et Masato Hara ; réalisé par Akira Kurosawa ; a Serge Silberman production for Herald Ace Inc., Nippon Herald Films Inc. and Greenwich Film Production.
Based on the play King Lear by William Shakespeare.
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Takeshi Nomura, Hisashi Ikawa, Peter, Masayuki Yui, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoshiko Miyazaki.
Originally produced by StudioCanal in 1985.
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Director of photography, Takao Saito ; production designer, Inoshiro Honda ; costumes, Emi Wada ; music, Toru Takemitsu.