Ran

1985 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama / War

103
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 96% · 94 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 95% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.2/10 10 150430 150.4K

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Director

Akira Kurosawa Photo
Akira Kurosawa

Top cast

Haruko Tôgô Photo
Haruko Tôgô as Kaede's lady in waiting
Yûichi Hibi Photo
Yûichi Hibi as
Jun Tazaki Photo
Jun Tazaki as Seiji Ayabe
Takeshi Katô Photo
Takeshi Katô as Koyata Hatakeyama
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1.44 GB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
2 hr 40 min
Seeds 27
2.96 GB
1920*1024
English 5.1
NR
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24 fps
2 hr 40 min
Seeds 100+
7.22 GB
3840*2076
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  tr  
24 fps
2 hr 42 min
Seeds 58

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Loving_Silence 10 / 10

The Best Film based on one of Shakespeare Best Works. This Masterpiece is recommended for anyone that loves movies . Truly one of the Greatest Films of all time!

Akira Kurosawa's 1985, Ran, is based one of Shakespeare's greatest works, King's Lear. The Film proudly stands along with his other classic such as Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Roshomon, Sanjuro and the Hidden Fortress. He is a master in the art of filmmaking, no one can film an epic battle scene quite like Kurosawa. This is recognized as the most expensive film ever made by Akira Kurosawa, it was at that time, Japan's most expensive film ever. Being at the age of 75, he still showed us, he's one of the best in the business.This movie is about an aging lord, head of the Ichimonji family, decides to retire and to pass the power to Taro, the eldest of his three sons. He will however have to banish Saburo, the youngest one, who dared to speak the truth to him. Soon, the former lord is chased away from the castles of his sons and becomes mad when he understands that one of his sons is trying to kill him. The three brothers are fighting for control of the Kingdom, as their lust for power grows every day. Four armies are facing each other on the prairie. Lord Ichimonji's former peaceful kingdom is nothing but a distant memory.Akira Kurosawa redefines what an epic film is, with astonishing story telling, entirely believable characters and real life battle scenes without the use of Special effects/CGI. He retells the story of King Lear in his own way and no one would recognize that it was actually a adaptation beforehand. But just like Shakespeare, there is humor, irony, death and not a happy ending. Everyone who played a part in the production of this film, deserves some kind of recognition. The acting is pretty much excellent and certainly believable.10/10 Kurosawa is a Genius
Reviewed by rbverhoef 9 / 10

Very well made

One of the last great films directed by Akira Kurosawa. A father gives his land and his power to his three sons. They turn against each other and against their father.Based on Shakespeare's King Lear 'Ran' is a very good film. It was very expensive and you can see that. Over ten years Kurosawa was busy on this project and in 1985 it was finally there. Very well made, with beautiful costumes, music and cinematography, a great direction and some good performances. Although I think Kurosawa has done better ('Rashomon', 'Ikiru', 'Yojimbo' and of course 'Shichinin no Samurai') 'Ran' definitely belongs to his best.
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