Cast and crew
Ran (1985)
31 cast and 82 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.
Cast31
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
- Heihachiro SuzukiFujimaki's General
- Kenji KodamaSamon Shirane
- Haruko TōgōKaede's lady in waiting
- Reiko NanjoHideota's concubine
- Tokie KandaSue's lady in waiting
- Sawako KochiHidetora's concubine
- Kumeko OtowaSue's lady in waiting
Takeshi KatōKoyota Hatakeyama
Jun TazakiSeiji Ayabe- Hitoshi UekiNobuhiro Fujimaki
- Takao Zushi—
- Yoshitaka Zushi—
- Tetsuo Yamashita—
- Akihiko Sugizaki—
- Masaaki Sasaki—
- Satoru Fukasaku(uncredited)
Susumu TerajimaFoot soldier (uncredited)- Tokuju Masuda—
Crew82
Directing
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Bernard CohnAssistant Director
- Ishirō HondaAssistant Director
- Takashi KoizumiAssistant Director
- Okihiro YonedaAssistant Director
- Ichiro YamamotoAssistant Director
Writing
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- William ShakespeareTheatre Play
- Masato IdeScreenplay
Production
- Masato HaraProducer
- Serge SilbermanProducer
- Katsumi FurukawaExecutive Producer
- Hisao KurosawaAssociate Producer, Production Coordinator
- Satoru IsekiProduction Manager
- Masayuki MotomochiUnit Production Manager
- Teruyo NogamiProduction Manager
- Ulrich PicardProduction Manager
- Tsutomu SakuraiUnit Production Manager
- Takashi ŌhashiProduction Manager
- Seikichi IizumiProduction Manager
- Masahiko KumadaProduction Assistant
- Ko NauriProduction Assistant
- Takeo SugaAccountant
Camera
- Asakazu NakaiDirector of Photography
- Takao SaitōDirector of Photography
- Shoji UedaDirector of Photography
- Daizaburo HaradaStill Photographer
- Takeo SugaAssistant Camera
- Noburu AsonoAssistant Camera
- Hidehiro IgarashiAssistant Camera
- Nobuyuki KitôAssistant Camera
- Kosuke MatsushimaAssistant Camera
- Masakazu OkaAssistant Camera
- Yoshinori SekiguchiAssistant Camera
- Suzuki MamoruAssistant Camera
- Shigeo SuzukiAssistant Camera
Editing
- Akira KurosawaEditor
- Hideto AgaAssistant Editor
- Hajime IshiharaAssistant Editor
- Ryûsuke ÔtsuboAssistant Editor
Sound and music
- Tōru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
- Jean-Marc LentretienSound mixer
- Claude VillandProduction Sound Mixer
- Fumio YanoguchiSound Recordist
- Takayuki GotoSound Assistant
- Sôichi InoueSound Assistant
- Takenori MisawaSound Assistant
- Hideo TakeichiSound Assistant
- Shotaro YoshidaSound Recordist
- Hiroyuki IwakiConductor
Art
- Shinobu MurakiProduction Design
- Yoshirō MurakiProduction Design
- Akira KurosawaStoryboard Artist
- Jiro HiraiSet Decoration
- Mitsuyuki KimuraSet Decoration
- Yasuyoshi OtotakeSet Decoration
- Tsuneo ShimuraSet Decoration
- Osumi ToushoSet Decoration
Costume and make-up
- Emi WadaCostume Design
- Shohichiro MedaMakeup Artist
- Chihako NaitoMakeup Artist
- Noriko TakamizawaMakeup Artist
- Tameyuki AimiMakeup Artist
- Yoshiko MatsumotoHairstylist
- Noriko SatoHairstylist
- Shoshichiro UedaMakeup Artist
- Akira FukudaWardrobe Assistant
- Kazuko NumataWardrobe Assistant
- Noriko TaguchiWardrobe Assistant
Lighting
- Takeji SanoGaffer
- Makoto SanoElectrician
- Koji ChoyaElectrician
- Yoshio IyamaElectrician
- Koichi KamataElectrician
- Mutsuo KomineElectrician
- Yuichi OyamaElectrician
- Tetsuo SawadaElectrician
- Shintaro TazakiElectrician
Crew
- Serge SilbermanPresenter
- Katsumi FurukawaPresenter
- Anne BravTranslator