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Ran (Japanese: 乱, lit. ' chaos or tumult ') is a 1985 epic historical action drama film directed, edited and co-written by Akira Kurosawa. The plot derives from William Shakespeare's King Lear and includes segments based on legends of the daimyō Mōri Motonari.
Ran: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû. In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons.
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- Action, Drama, War
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1985-06-01
Rán is a personification of the sea in Norse mythology, married to Ægir. She uses a net to capture sea-goers and has nine daughters who are waves.
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Here's the official trailer, now digitally remastered to the drama/war film 'Ran' directed by Akira Kurosawa. ...
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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 ...
At the age of seventy, after years of consolidating his empire, the Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to abdicate and divide his domain amongst his three...
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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.