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.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryū, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki
Crew: Takao Saitō (Director of Photography), Shôji Ueda (Director of Photography), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Editor), Masato Hara (Producer)
Country: Japan, France
Language: 日本語
Studio: Nippon Herald Films, Greenwich Film Production, Herald Ace, TOHO
Runtime: 160 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 01, 1985
IMDb: 2.9
Keywords:epic, assassination, kingdom, gun, greed, castle, heir to the throne, revenge, descent into madness, seppuku, inheritance fight, ruins, king lear, feudal japan, black widow, hopelessness
