Ran

8.1
Produced by:
Genres:
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Overview
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.
Review (1)
Filipe Manuel Neto (Rated: 7)
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...
Recommendation & Similar
Kagemusha (1980)
Yojimbo (1961)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Rashomon (1950)
The Haunted Castle (1896)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
When the Wind Blows (1986)
Satantango (1994)
Red Beard (1965)
Sanjuro (1962)
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Dreams (1990)
There Was a Father (1942)
Dilili in Paris (2018)
Greed (1924)
Life After Fighting (2024)
Damnation (1988)
Under the Volcano (1984)
The Sword of Doom (1966)