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Poster for the movie "Ran"
Poster for the movie "Ran"

Ran (1985)

160 min - Action, Drama, History - 1 June 1985
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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.

Director:  Akira Kurosawa
Writers:  William Shakespeare, Masato Ide
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