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Ran

Ran

Fox Lorber (Jun 01, 1985)
Action | Drama | War
Japan | Japanese | Color | 02:40
The Criterion Edition
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
715515016827
| 2 discs
Region 1
Custom Case

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.


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Tatsuya Nakadai Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryu Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki Lady Sue
Hisashi Igawa Shuri Kurogane
Pîtâ Kyoami
Masayuki Yui Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Kato Kageyu Ikoma
Norio Matsui Shumenosuke Ogura
Toshiya Ito Mondo Naganuma
Kenji Kodama Samon Shirane
Takashi Watanabe Fujimaki Clan general
Mansai Nomura Tsurumaru
Takeshi Kato Koyata Hatakeyama
Jun Tazaki Seiji Ayabe
Hitoshi Ueki Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Takao Zushi
Yoshitaka Zushi
Tetsuo Yamashita
Akihiko Sugizaki
Masaaki Sasaki
Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi
Masuo Amada