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Ran

Ran

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 1, 1985

Runtime

2h 40m

Genres

Action, Drama, History

User Score

81%

Original Title

Production Companies

Nippon Herald Films, Greenwich Film Production, Herald Ace, TOHO

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Budget

$11,500,005

Revenue

$11,859,533

Description

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.