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- 1985
- 2h 40m
- R
- Action
- Drama
- History
- assassination
- kingdom
- gun
- greed
- castle
- siege
- heir to the throne
- revenge
- descent into madness
- historical fiction
- period drama
- seppuku
- inheritance fight
- ruins
- jidaigeki
- historical drama
- king lear
- feudal japan
- black widow
- hopelessness
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.
Credits for Ran
Filmmakers
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Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
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Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay, Director
- MI Masato Ide Screenplay
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Tōru Takemitsu
Composer
Cast
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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
-
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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Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
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Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
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TMDB user reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
**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 genius. His films are quite good, they're meticulous, there's a lot of attention to detail, but they're not particularly unforgettable… that's what I think.
This film is an adaptation of the plot of “King Lear”, by Shakespeare: a warlord, in the middle of the Japanese feudal era, decides to withdraw and divide his lands, power and castles among his three sons. Only one of them disagrees and warns him that it is hi…