--- title: "Ran: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/ran/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/ran" cast: 31 crew: 82 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ran (1985): cast and crew 31 cast and 82 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://film.one/person/tatsuya-nakadai.md) as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji - [Akira Terao](https://film.one/person/akira-terao.md) as Taro Takatora Ichimonji - [Jinpachi Nezu](https://film.one/person/jinpachi-nezu.md) as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji - [Daisuke Ryū](https://film.one/person/daisuke-ryu.md) as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji - [Mieko Harada](https://film.one/person/mieko-harada.md) as Lady Kaede - [Yoshiko Miyazaki](https://film.one/person/yoshiko-miyazaki.md) as Lady Sue - [Mansai Nomura](https://film.one/person/mansai-nomura.md) as Tsurumaru - [Hisashi Igawa](https://film.one/person/hisashi-igawa.md) as Shuri Kurogane - [Shinnosuke Ikehata](https://film.one/person/shinnosuke-ikehata.md) as Kyoami - [Masayuki Yui](https://film.one/person/masayuki-yui.md) as Tango Hirayama - [Kazuo Katō](https://film.one/person/kazuo-kato.md) as Kageyu Ikoma - [Norio Matsui](https://film.one/person/norio-matsui.md) as Shumenosuke Ogura - Toshiya Ito as Mondo Naganuma - Heihachiro Suzuki as Fujimaki's General - Kenji Kodama as Samon Shirane - Haruko Tōgō as Kaede's lady in waiting - Reiko Nanjo as Hideota's concubine - Tokie Kanda as Sue's lady in waiting - Sawako Kochi as Hidetora's concubine - Kumeko Otowa as Sue's lady in waiting - [Takeshi Katō](https://film.one/person/takeshi-kato.md) as Koyota Hatakeyama - [Jun Tazaki](https://film.one/person/jun-tazaki.md) as Seiji Ayabe - Hitoshi Ueki as Nobuhiro Fujimaki - Takao Zushi - Yoshitaka Zushi - Tetsuo Yamashita - Akihiko Sugizaki - Masaaki Sasaki - Satoru Fukasaku as (uncredited) - [Susumu Terajima](https://film.one/person/susumu-terajima.md) as Foot soldier (uncredited) - Tokuju Masuda ## Directing - [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md): Director - Bernard Cohn: Assistant Director - [Ishirō Honda](https://film.one/person/ishiro-honda.md): Assistant Director - Takashi Koizumi: Assistant Director - Okihiro Yoneda: Assistant Director - Ichiro Yamamoto: Assistant Director ## Writing - [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md): Screenplay - [Hideo Oguni](https://film.one/person/hideo-oguni.md): Screenplay - William Shakespeare: Theatre Play - [Masato Ide](https://film.one/person/masato-ide.md): Screenplay ## Production - [Masato Hara](https://film.one/person/masato-hara.md): Producer - [Serge Silberman](https://film.one/person/serge-silberman.md): Producer - Katsumi Furukawa: Executive Producer - Hisao Kurosawa: Associate Producer, Production Coordinator - Satoru Iseki: Production Manager - Masayuki Motomochi: Unit Production Manager - Teruyo Nogami: Production Manager - Ulrich Picard: Production Manager - Tsutomu Sakurai: Unit Production Manager - Takashi Ōhashi: Production Manager - Seikichi Iizumi: Production Manager - Masahiko Kumada: Production Assistant - Ko Nauri: Production Assistant - Takeo Suga: Accountant ## Camera - [Asakazu Nakai](https://film.one/person/asakazu-nakai.md): Director of Photography - [Takao Saitō](https://film.one/person/takao-saito.md): Director of Photography - [Shoji Ueda](https://film.one/person/shoji-ueda.md): Director of Photography - Daizaburo Harada: Still Photographer - Takeo Suga: Assistant Camera - Noburu Asono: Assistant Camera - Hidehiro Igarashi: Assistant Camera - Nobuyuki Kitô: Assistant Camera - Kosuke Matsushima: Assistant Camera - Masakazu Oka: Assistant Camera - Yoshinori Sekiguchi: Assistant Camera - Suzuki Mamoru: Assistant Camera - Shigeo Suzuki: Assistant Camera ## Editing - [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md): Editor - Hideto Aga: Assistant Editor - Hajime Ishihara: Assistant Editor - Ryûsuke Ôtsubo: Assistant Editor ## Sound and music - [Tōru Takemitsu](https://film.one/person/toru-takemitsu.md): Original Music Composer - Jean-Marc Lentretien: Sound mixer - Claude Villand: Production Sound Mixer - Fumio Yanoguchi: Sound Recordist - Takayuki Goto: Sound Assistant - Sôichi Inoue: Sound Assistant - Takenori Misawa: Sound Assistant - Hideo Takeichi: Sound Assistant - Shotaro Yoshida: Sound Recordist - Hiroyuki Iwaki: Conductor ## Art - [Shinobu Muraki](https://film.one/person/shinobu-muraki.md): Production Design - [Yoshirō Muraki](https://film.one/person/yoshiro-muraki.md): Production Design - [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md): Storyboard Artist - Jiro Hirai: Set Decoration - Mitsuyuki Kimura: Set Decoration - Yasuyoshi Ototake: Set Decoration - Tsuneo Shimura: Set Decoration - Osumi Tousho: Set Decoration ## Costume and make-up - [Emi Wada](https://film.one/person/emi-wada.md): Costume Design - Shohichiro Meda: Makeup Artist - Chihako Naito: Makeup Artist - Noriko Takamizawa: Makeup Artist - Tameyuki Aimi: Makeup Artist - Yoshiko Matsumoto: Hairstylist - Noriko Sato: Hairstylist - Shoshichiro Ueda: Makeup Artist - Akira Fukuda: Wardrobe Assistant - Kazuko Numata: Wardrobe Assistant - Noriko Taguchi: Wardrobe Assistant ## Lighting - Takeji Sano: Gaffer - Makoto Sano: Electrician - Koji Choya: Electrician - Yoshio Iyama: Electrician - Koichi Kamata: Electrician - Mutsuo Komine: Electrician - Yuichi Oyama: Electrician - Tetsuo Sawada: Electrician - Shintaro Tazaki: Electrician ## Crew - [Serge Silberman](https://film.one/person/serge-silberman.md): Presenter - Katsumi Furukawa: Presenter - Anne Brav: Translator --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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