Ran

Ran
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Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Overview

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 thirst for power.

Ran
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Review (1)

  • Filipe Manuel Neto (Rated: 7)

    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...

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