Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Opening Wknd:  FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Action / Drama / War /  more » Awards: Won Oscar. Another 25 wins & 15 nominations  more » User Ratings: 8.3 (31,180 votes)  more »   Also rated #142 in the Top 250 Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: An elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him.  more »

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Filmmakers: Akira Kurosawa - Director / Writer (screenplay) / Editor, Hideo Oguni - Writer (screenplay), Masato Ide - Writer (screenplay), William Shakespeare - Writer (play "King Lear"), Masato Hara - Producer, Serge Silberman - Producer, Asakazu Nakai - Cinematographer, Takao Saitô - Cinematographer, Shôji Ueda - Cinematographer, Tôru Takemitsu - Composer, Shinobu Muraki - Production Designer, Yoshirô Muraki - Production Designer  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Tatsuya Nakadai ... Lord Hidetora Ichimonji	16,841
	Akira Terao ... Taro Takatora Ichimonji	45,246
	Jinpachi Nezu ... Jiro Masatora Ichimonji	71,269
	Daisuke Ryu ... Saburo Naotora Ichimonji	65,377
	Mieko Harada ... Lady Kaede	53,432