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Ran: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû. In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons.
Ran (Japanese: 乱, lit. ' chaos or tumult ') is a 1985 epic historical action drama film directed, edited and co-written by Akira Kurosawa. The plot derives from William Shakespeare's King Lear and includes segments based on legends of the daimyō Mōri Motonari.
Here's the official trailer, now digitally remastered to the drama/war film 'Ran' directed by Akira Kurosawa. ...
In Norse mythology, Rán ( Old Norse: [ˈrɒːn]) is a goddess and a personification of the sea. Rán and her husband Ægir, a jötunn who also personifies the sea, have nine daughters, who personify waves. The goddess is frequently associated with a net, which she uses to capture sea-goers.
Find out how and where to watch "Ran" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.
Kurosawa combined "King Lear" with a Japanese medieval epic that supplied him with Lady Kaede, the wife of Tarotakatora, the oldest son. Kaede (Mjeko Harada), with her painted eyebrows perched high on her forehead in perpetual disapproval, could herself be inspired by Lady Macbeth.
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan.
At the age of seventy, after years of consolidating his empire, the Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to abdicate and divide his domain amongst his...
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With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan.
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…
