Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
仲代達矢
as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
寺尾聰
as Taro Takatora Ichimonji
根津甚八
as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
隆大介
as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
原田美枝子
as Lady Kaede
宮崎美子
as Lady Sue
二世野村萬斎
as Tsurumaru
井川比佐志
as Shuri Kurogane
池畑慎之介
as Kyoami
油井昌由樹
as Tango Hirayama
加藤和夫
as Kageyu Ikoma
松井範雄
as Shumenosuke Ogura