Ran
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.
Release Date
June 1, 1985Runtime
160 minDirected by
Akira Kurosawa, Bernard Cohn, Ishirō Honda, Takashi Koizumi, Okihiro Yoneda, Ichiro YamamotoWritten by
Masato IdeScreenplay by
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo OguniLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$11,500,005Revenue
$11,859,533Status
ReleasedCast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora IchimonjiAkira Terao
Taro Takatora IchimonjiJinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora IchimonjiDaisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora IchimonjiMieko Harada
Lady KaedeYoshiko Miyazaki
Lady SueMansai Nomura
TsurumaruHisashi Igawa
Shuri KuroganeShinnosuke Ikehata
KyoamiMasayuki Yui
Tango HirayamaKenji Kodama
Samon ShiraneHaruko Tōgō
Kaede's lady in waitingReiko Nanjo
Hideota's concubineTokie Kanda
Sue's lady in waitingKumeko Otowa
Sue's lady in waitingTakeshi Katō
Koyota HatakeyamaJun Tazaki
Seiji AyabeHitoshi Ueki
Nobuhiro FujimakiTakao Zushi
Yoshitaka Zushi
Satoru Fukasaku
(uncredited)Susumu Terajima
Foot soldier (uncredited)Images
Videos
RAN - New Trailer - Restored in Stunning 4K - In Cinemas April 1
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