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Ran (1985)

R ★ 8.0/10 160 min Action, Drama, History Japan, France Japanese
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay by: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
Theatre Play: William Shakespeare
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In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

Description

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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Top Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao
Akira Terao Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu
Jinpachi Nezu Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryū
Daisuke Ryū Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada
Mieko Harada Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Yoshiko Miyazaki Lady Sue
Mansai Nomura
Mansai Nomura Tsurumaru
Hisashi Igawa Shuri Kurogane

Ran Appears on 28 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #277
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #407
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #314
IMDb Top 250
IMDb #145
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #049
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #36
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #189

Critic Curated

Alltime Chicago Tribune Top 100
Chicago Tribune #36
BBC Culture: 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films
BBC #79
Indiewires 100 Best Movies Of The 1980s
IndieWire #11
Los Angeles Times Best Of The 1980s
Los Angeles Times #28
Paste Magazine The 100 Greatest War Movies
Paste Magazine #26
Paste Magazines 80 Best Movies Of The 1980s
Paste Magazine #18
Popmatters 100 Essential Female Film Performances
PopMatters #28
Popmatters 100 Essential Male Film Performances
PopMatters #71
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #264
Rolling Stone - The 100 Greatest Movies Of 21st Century
Rolling Stone #05
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #161
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #93

Filmmaker Curation

Baz Luhrmann's Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #39
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #671
Hayao Miyazaki's Favorite Movies
Far Out Magazine #16
James Gray's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #44

Genre Curation

The 50 Best Samurai Films Of All Time By
Paste Magazine #005
Top 100 Samurai Films As Rated By The Letterboxd Community
Letterboxd #003

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1980-1989 Films
Letterboxd #05
Movies Where A 5 Star Rating Is Most Common
Letterboxd #15
Showdown The Long Ships
Letterboxd Showdown #19

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