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.
Genre: Action, Drama, History Actors: Akihiko Sugizaki, Akira Terao, Daisuke Ryû, Haruko Tōgō, Heihachiro Suzuki, Hisashi Igawa, Hitoshi Ueki, Jinpachi Nezu, Jun Tazaki, Kazuo Katō, Kenji Kodama, Kumeko Otowa, Mansai Nomura, Masaaki Sasaki, Masayuki Yui, Mieko Harada, Norio Matsui, Reiko Nanjo, Satoru Fukasaku, Sawako Kochi, Shinnosuke Ikehata, Susumu Terajima, Takao Zushi, Takeshi Katō, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsuo Yamashita, Tokie Kanda, Toshiya Ito, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Zushi Directors: Akira Kurosawa Production: N/A