Ran

Plot

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.

Genres

Action, Drama, History

Year

1985

Runtime

160 min

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryū, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Mansai Nomura, Hisashi Igawa, Shinnosuke Ikehata, Masayuki Yui

TMDB rating

8.0 / 10

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