FILM
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
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.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryū, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Mansai Nomura, Hisashi Igawa
| In cinemas | 18 August 2000 |
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| Digital release | Not listed |
| Physical release | 5 January 1994 |
| First release anywhere | 1 June 1985 |
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