King splits his kingdom between three sons.

Rating: 10/10 (10 February 2002)

what you want to be watching for is the way that Kurosawa deals
with guns in Japan. After the Portugese introduced guns into
Japan sometime after 1544, it obviously changed the face of battle
from bow and arrow emphasis, to a gun emphasis. The feudal
kingdoms that made the transition were the winners and the ones
that didn't were left behind. So Kurosawa overlays that historical
fact with his own version of King Lear.
Great stuff all the way around.