Ran
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryū, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Mansai Nomura, Hisashi Igawa, Shinnosuke Ikehata, Masayuki Yui
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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.
- Original title
- 乱
- Original language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan, France
- Screenplay
- Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide
- Music
- Toru Takemitsu
- Cinematography
- Takao Saitō, Shoji Ueda, Asakazu Nakai
- Cast
- Daisuke Ryū, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Mansai Nomura, Hisashi Igawa, Shinnosuke Ikehata, Masayuki Yui
- Critics score
- 97/100
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Updated August 12, 2026
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