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 .
- $19 million (est.)
- Katsumi Furukawa, Masato Hara, Serge Silberman
Jun 1, 1985 · 286 Play trailer 2:04 3 Videos 99+ Photos Action Drama War In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him. Director Akira Kurosawa Writers Akira Kurosawa
- (131K)
- Action, Drama, War
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1985-06-01
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). 2,504 IMDb 8.2 2 h 40 min 1985. X-Ray HDR UHD R.
- 160 min
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Synopsis. 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 ...