Ran
"In a mad world, only the mad are sane."
1985-06-01
8.1
ja 160mActionDramaHistory
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
Producer
Masato Hara
Producer
Serge Silberman
Original Music Composer
Toru Takemitsu
epic assassination kingdom gun greed castle heir to the throne revenge descent into madness historical fiction seppuku inheritance fight ruins jidaigeki historical drama king lear feudal japan black widow somber hopelessness dramatic tragic
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$23,334,156Budget
$12,000,000Countries
- Japan
- France
Companies
- Nippon Herald Films
- Greenwich Film Production
- Herald Ace
- Kurosawa Film Production
