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Overview
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
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Tatsuya NakadaiLord Hidetora Ichimonji -
Akira TeraoTaro Takatora Ichimonji -
Jinpachi NezuJiro Masatora Ichimonji -
Daisuke RyūSaburo Naotora Ichimonji -
Mieko HaradaLady Kaede -
Yoshiko MiyazakiLady Sue -
Mansai NomuraTsurumaru -
Hisashi IgawaShuri Kurogane -
Shinnosuke IkehataKyoami -
Masayuki YuiTango Hirayama -
Kazuo KatōKageyu Ikoma -
Norio MatsuiShumenosuke Ogura -
Toshiya ItoMondo Naganuma
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Heihachiro SuzukiFujimaki's General
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Kenji KodamaSamon Shirane -
Haruko TōgōKaede's lady in waiting -
Reiko NanjoHideota's concubine -
Tokie KandaSue's lady in waiting -
Sawako KochiHidetora's concubine
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Kumeko OtowaSue's lady in waiting
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