Ran

Release date: Jun 1, 1985

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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Top Cast

Lord Hidetora Ichimonji

Taro Takatora Ichimonji

Jiro Masatora Ichimonji

Saburo Naotora Ichimonji

Lady Kaede

Lady Sue

Tsurumaru

Shuri Kurogane

Kyoami

Tango Hirayama

Kageyu Ikoma

Shumenosuke Ogura

Mondo Naganuma

Fujimaki's General

Samon Shirane

Kaede's lady in waiting

Hideota's concubine

Sue's lady in waiting

Hidetora's concubine

Sue's lady in waiting

Koyota Hatakeyama

Seiji Ayabe

Nobuhiro Fujimaki

(uncredited)

Foot soldier (uncredited)

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