Ran

Feudal Japan, autumn, a crumbling castle wall. An aging warlord divides his kingdom among three sons, loyal armies await. Kurosawa reinterprets Shakespeare through a Japanese lens.

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Akira Kurosawa directed Ran in 1985. See Akira Kurosawa's full filmography, where to start with Akira Kurosawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Akira Kurosawa.

Ran was released in 1985 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 160 minutes.