Ran

Ran

Ran

8.0/ 10

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1985

Release Year

160 min

Runtime

Action

Drama

History

Overview

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.

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Keywords

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

absurd

tragic

Trailer

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

Akira Terao

Akira Terao

Taro Takatora Ichimonji

Jinpachi Nezu

Jinpachi Nezu

Jiro Masatora Ichimonji

Daisuke Ryū

Daisuke Ryū

Saburo Naotora Ichimonji

Mieko Harada

Mieko Harada

Lady Kaede

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Lady Sue

Mansai Nomura

Mansai Nomura

Tsurumaru

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Shuri Kurogane

Shinnosuke Ikehata

Shinnosuke Ikehata

Kyoami

Masayuki Yui

Masayuki Yui

Tango Hirayama

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Reviews(1)

7.0avg rating

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

April 23, 2023

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7/10

**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 ar…