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- Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
- Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao
- Language: Japanese with English subtitles
- Year: 1985
- Duration: 161min
- Certificate: 15
- Type: Film
Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon, Seven Samurai) reimagines Shakespearean tragedy King Lear as a historical epic set in 16th-century Japan.
An ageing warlord decides to abdicate and divide his kingdom between his three sons – with catastrophic consequences. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of a family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.