Ran
1985 · TMDB 8.0 · 乱
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Why it matters
Kurosawa's late masterpiece reworks King Lear as the story of a warlord who divides his kingdom among ungrateful sons, shot in painterly colour across the volcanic slopes of Mount Aso.
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Released
- 1985-06-01
- Studio
- Nippon Herald Films
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- TMDB score
- 8.0
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King Lear
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Romeo and Juliet
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Titus
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Rashomon
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Drunken Angel
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People
Key contributors
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Akira Kurosawa
Director
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Hideo Oguni
Writer
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Masato Ide
Writer
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Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
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Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
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Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
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Daisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
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Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede
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Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
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Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
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Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
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