Overview:
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.| Original Title: | δΉ± |
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| Status: | Released (1985-06-01) |
| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 30 wins & 23 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $4,135,750 |
| Screen: | Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide |
| Productions: | Nippon Herald Films, Greenwich Film Production, Herald Ace, TOHO |
| Production Countries: | Japan, France |
| Spoken Languages: | 日本語 |
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Casts
- 70131: Tatsuya Nakadai - Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
- 70132: Akira Terao - Taro Takatora Ichimonji
- 70133: Jinpachi Nezu - Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
- 70134: Daisuke Ryū - Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
- 72607: Mieko Harada - Lady Kaede
- 237362: Yoshiko Miyazaki - Lady Sue
- 149405: Mansai Nomura - Tsurumaru
Crews
- 5026: Akira Kurosawa - Screenplay - Writing
- 20827: Hideo Oguni - Screenplay - Writing
- 5026: Akira Kurosawa - Director - Directing
- 51808: Toru Takemitsu - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 70130: Shôji Ueda - Director of Photography - Camera
- 70129: Takao Saitō - Director of Photography - Camera
- 34380: Asakazu Nakai - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
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**A good film, full of detail and historical verisimilitude, but painfully long without needing to be.** I've already seen two of Akira Kurosawa's most renowned films and, quite frankly, I still can't understand why this Japanese director is so commonly considered a cinematic geni ....
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