Fresh
Ran is one of the cinema's greatest works, a film of true tragic vision.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Ran
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
1985 · 2h 40m · R
Action, Drama, History
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Akira Kurosawa Director
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
- Akira Terao as Taro Takatora Ichimonji
- Jinpachi Nezu as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
- Daisuke Ryū as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
- Mieko Harada as Lady Kaede
- Yoshiko Miyazaki as Lady Sue
- Mansai Nomura as Tsurumaru
- Hisashi Igawa as Shuri Kurogane
- Shinnosuke Ikehata as Kyoami
- Masayuki Yui as Tango Hirayama
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of the supreme cinematic achievements of the last quarter-century.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
Less a director's return to form than an essay in solipsism and self-pity run amok.
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
A film for the ages.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Fresh
Ultimately it is this mixture of the grand gesture and the fine touch, the big world and the small people who occupy it, that lingers with us long after Ran is over.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
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