Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
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Ran (Japanese: 乱, lit. ' chaos or tumult ') is a 1985 epic 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.
Jun 1, 1985 · 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
Kaede's long-overdue death, unseen below the frame but producing a great splash of blood against a wall, is a masterstroke of timing and execution. Advertisement. The film is visually magnificent. Kurosawa refined everything he learned about battle scenes in "Kagemusha" and the earlier samurai epics.
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.
- Hidetora Ichimonji
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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 sons. Taro (Akira ...
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- Akira Kurosawa
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- Tatsuya Nakadai
Synopsis. 『乱』. Akira Kurosawa's treatment of King Lear, with three sons dealing with the passing of an era as their warlord father Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) tries to find peace in his last years by dividing his fief among them. While one honest son, Saburo Naotora Ichimonji (Daisuke Ryu), faces his family's wrath for ...
Ran, Akira Kurosawa's visually dazzling samurai epic, is the story of Lord Hidetora and his three warring sons. A cinematic masterpiece, in sumptuous digital 4K (where available). 2,541 IMDb 8.2 2 h 40 min 1985. R.
