1985 | Japan | Fiction

Ran

  • Japanese 160 mins
  • Director | Akira Kurosawa
  • Writer | Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
  • Producer | Katsumi Furukawa, Masato Hara, Serge Silberman

STATUS: Released

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With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

Betrayal Ambition Tragedy War Legacy
Film Organizations
The Criterion Collection
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