

Ran
1985 · Movie · 2h 40m · R
ActionDramaHistory
"In a mad world, only the mad are sane."
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.
Ratings
IMDb
8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
97/100
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Masato IdeScreenplay
Cast
- Tatsuya NakadaiLord Hidetora Ichimonji
- Akira TeraoTaro Takatora Ichimonji
- Jinpachi NezuJiro Masatora Ichimonji
- Daisuke RyūSaburo Naotora Ichimonji
- Mieko HaradaLady Kaede
- Yoshiko MiyazakiLady Sue
- Mansai NomuraTsurumaru
- Hisashi IgawaShuri Kurogane
- Shinnosuke IkehataKyoami
- Masayuki YuiTango Hirayama
- Kazuo KatōKageyu Ikoma
- Norio MatsuiShumenosuke Ogura
Stills
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Themes
assassinationkingdomgungreedcastlesiegeheir to the thronerevengedescent into madnesshistorical fictionperiod dramaseppuku











