Ran
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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.

  • Released: 1985-06-01
  • Runtime: 154 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Drama, History
  • Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryū, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Mansai Nomura, Hisashi Igawa, Masayuki Yui, Kazuo Kato, Norio Matsui, Heihachiro Suzuki, Haruko Tōgō, Reiko Nanjo, Tokie Kanda, Sawako Kochi, Kumeko Otowa, Jun Tazaki, Hitoshi Ueki, Takao Zushi  Show all >
    Yoshitaka Zushi, Akihiko Sugizaki, Masaaki Sasaki, Satoru Fukasaku, Susumu Terajima, Toshiya Ito, Shinnosuke Ikehata, Takeshi Katō, Kenji Kodama, Tetsuo Yamashita
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa