Ran

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

Writing Credits

Akira Kurosawa
(screenplay) and
Hideo Oguni
(screenplay) and
Masato Ide
(screenplay)
William Shakespeare
(play)

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryû
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
Pîtâ
Kyoami
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Katô
Kageyu Ikoma
Norio Matsui
Shumenosuke Ogura
Toshiya Ito
Mondo Naganuma
Kenji Kodama
Samon Shirane
Takashi Watanabe
Fujimaki Clan general
Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
Takeshi Katô
Koyata Hatakeyama
Jun Tazaki
Seiji Ayabe
Hitoshi Ueki
Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Seizô Katô
Koyata Hatakeyama
Tokie Kanda
Sue's lady in waiting
Sawako Kochi
Hidetora's concubine
Reiko Nanjô
Hidetora's concubine
Kumeko Otowa
Sue's lady in waiting
Heihachiro Suzuki
Fujimaki's General
Susumu Terajima
Foot soldier
Haruko Tôgô
Kaede's lady in waiting
Tetsu Watanabe
Official

Produced by

Katsumi Furukawa
executive producer
Masato Hara
producer
Hisao Kurosawa
associate producer
Serge Silberman
producer

Music by

Tôru Takemitsu

Cinematography by

Asakazu Nakai
Takao Saitô
Shôji Ueda

Editing by

Akira Kurosawa

Production Design by

Shinobu Muraki
Yoshirô Muraki

Set Decoration by

Jiro Hirai
Mitsuyuki Kimura
Yasuyoshi Ototake
Tsuneo Shimura
Osumi Tousho

Costume Design by

Emi Wada

Makeup Department

Tameyuki Aimi
makeup artist
Yoshiko Matsumoto
hair stylist
Chihako Naito
makeup artist
Noriko Sato
hair stylist
Noriko Takamizawa
makeup artist
Shoshichiro Ueda
makeup artist

Production Management

Seikichi Iizumi
production manager
Satoru Iseki
production manager
Masayuki Motomochi
unit manager
Teruyo Nogami
production manager
Ulrich Picard
general production manager (as Ully Pickard)
Tsutomu Sakurai
unit manager
Takafumi Ôhashi
production manager (as Takashi Ôhashi)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Bernard Cohn
first assistant director
Vittorio Dalle Ore
assistant director
Ishirô Honda
chief assistant director (as Inoshiro Honda)
Takashi Koizumi
assistant director
Kunio Nozaki
assistant director
Fumisuke Okada
assistant director
Tsuyoshi Sugino
assistant director
Kiyoko Watanabe
assistant director
Ichirô Yamamoto
assistant director
Okihiro Yoneda
assistant director

Sound Department

Takayuki Goto
assistant sound
Sôichi Inoue
assistant sound (as Soichi Inoue)
Takenori Misawa
assistant sound
Hideo Takeichi
assistant sound
Claude Villand
final mix
Fumio Yanoguchi
sound recordist
Shôtarô Yoshida
sound recordist
Jean-Marc Lentretien
sound mix technician (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Kiyoshi Anzai
assistant camera
Noburu Asono
assistant camera
Koji Choya
electrician
Daizaburo Harada
still photographer
Hidehiro Igarashi
assistant camera
Yoshio Iyama
electrician
Koichi Kamata
electrician
Nobuyuki Kitô
assistant camera (as Nobuyuki Kito)
Mutsuo Komine
electrician
Kosuke Matsushima
assistant camera
Masakazu Oka
assistant camera
Yuichi Oyama
electrician
Makoto Sano
electrician
Takeji Sano
gaffer (as Takeharu Sano)
Yoshio Sato
still photographer
Tetsuo Sawada
electrician
Yoshinori Sekiguchi
assistant camera
Satoru Suzuki
assistant camera
Shigeo Suzuki
assistant camera
Shintaro Tazaki
electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Akira Fukuda
assistant wardrobe
Kazuko Numata
assistant wardrobe
Noriko Taguchi
assistant wardrobe

Editorial Department

Hideto Aga
assistant editor
Hajime Ishihara
assistant editor
Ryûsuke Ôtsubo
assistant editor

Music Department

Hiroyuki Iwaki
conductor
Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
performer

Additional Crew

Anne Brav
subtitler
Ishirô Honda
director's counselling
Masahiko Kumada
production assistant
Hisao Kurosawa
production coordinator
Ko Nauri
production assistant
Takeo Suga
accountant
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