A good film, full of detail and historical verisimilitude, but painfully long without nee...
Ran
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.
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Ran
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jun 1, 1985
Runtime
2h 40m
Genres
Action, Drama, History
User Score
81%
Original Title
乱
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.