Ran (film)

"Man is born crying. When he has cried enough, he dies."

"Why stay with this mad old man? If the rock you stay on starts to roll, jump clean. Or you'll go with it and be squashed. Only a fool stays aboard."

"The failed mind sees the heart's failings."

"In a mad world, only the mad are sane!"

"He gives away his house, He gives away his lands, He now holds a new title: 'Lord of the rice fields' a scarecrow!"

"Does a traitor betray himself?"

"Men prefer sorrow over joy... suffering over peace!"

"What I was trying to get at in Ran, and this was there from the script stage, was that the gods or God or whoever it is observing human events is feeling sadness about how human beings destroy each other, and powerlessness to affect human beings' behavior."

"Tatsuya Nakadai - Lord Hidetora Ichimonji"

"Akira Terao - Taro Takatora Ichimonji"

"Jinpachi Nezu - Jiro Masatora Ichimonji"

"Daisuke Ryu - 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"