01 Jun 1985
Ran
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.
Motherhood
Sayaka, a high school student, kills herself but the reason behind her suicide is unknown. She appeared to have led a normal life with her family. Her mother Rumiko seemed to have raised Sayaka with love and care. In reality, that does not seem to be the case. When the mother and daughter recall the same incidents that took place in the past, they tell very different stories.
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戸田恵梨香 Mother
永野芽郁 Daughter
大地真央 Tsuyuki Hanae
三浦誠己 Tadokoro Satoshi
中村ゆり Sasaki Hitomi
山下リオ Tadokoro Ritsuko
高畑淳子 [Rumiko's mother-in-law]
淵上泰史 [Sayaka's colleague]
Miyuko Ochii Tadokoro Sayaka [Childhood]
ほな・いこか [Sayaka's colleague]
高橋侃 Nakatani Toru
加藤満 [Rumiko's father-in-law]
深水元基 Kuroiwa Katsutoshi
吹越満 [Priest]
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