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.
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Movie1985·160 min
Ran
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
An Academy Award-winning action drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Winner of Best Costume Design, with 3 additional Oscar nominations.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 1%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
8.0/10
2K ratings
About Ran
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Epic (9 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Stylized, Gritty
- Story Tags
- ambition hubris, family dysfunction, betrayal, early modern, historical event, japan, grand estate, parent child, siblings, battlefield combat, anti hero, villain protagonist, revenge quest, siege bottle, rise and fall