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Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Opening Wknd:  FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Action / Drama / War /  more » Awards: Won Oscar. Another 28 wins & 16 nominations  more » User Ratings: 8.3 (50,998 votes)  more »   Also rated #130 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	16,781
	Akira Terao ... Taro Takatora Ichimonji	51,955
	Jinpachi Nezu ... Jiro Masatora Ichimonji	114,011
	Daisuke Ryû ... Saburo Naotora Ichimonji	97,608
	Mieko Harada ... Lady Kaede	84,923