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Ran (1985)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
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Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 160 minutes
Actors
Tatsuya Nakadai | Akira Terao | Jinpachi Nezu | Daisuke Ryû | Mieko Harada | Yoshiko Miyazaki | Mansai Nomura | Hisashi Igawa | Pîtâ | Masayuki Yui | Kazuo Katô | Norio Matsui | Toshiya Ito | Heihachiro Suzuki | Kenji Kodama | Haruko Tôgô | Reiko Nanjo | Tokie Kanda | Sawako Kochi | Kumeko Otowa | Takeshi Katô | Jun Tazaki | Hitoshi Ueki | Takao Zushi | Yoshitaka Zushi | Tetsuo Yamashita | Akihiko Sugizaki | Masaaki Sasaki | Satoru Fukasaku | Susumu Terajima