Ran

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.

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

Akira Terao

as Taro Takatora Ichimonji

Jinpachi Nezu

as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji

Daisuke Ryū

as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji

Mieko Harada

as Lady Kaede

Yoshiko Miyazaki

as Lady Sue

Mansai Nomura

as Tsurumaru

Hisashi Igawa

as Shuri Kurogane

Shinnosuke Ikehata

as Kyoami

Masayuki Yui

as Tango Hirayama

Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

**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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