Masterful interpretation of " King Lear " by William Shakespeare. DVD includes trailer. Letterboxed; in Japanese with English subtitles. Director Akira Kurosawa; screenplay by Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni and Masato Ide. Cinematography by Takao Saito , Masaharu Ueda and Asakazu Nakai. Musical score by Toru Takemitsu. Stars Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Peter.