 Other Kurosawa veterans in "Ran" were Masayuki Yui (Tango), Jinpachi Nezu (Jiro) and Daisuke Ryu (Saburo), all of whom were in "Kagemusha".Other veteran Kurosawa actors did not appear in "Ran", but would go on to work with Kurosawa again, such as Akira Terao (Taro) and Mieko Harada (Lady Kaede) in "Dreams", and Hisashi Igawa (Kurogane) in both "Dreams" and "Rhapsody in August".Kurosawa also hired two comedians for lighter moments