Ran

Name: Ran
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Released: 1985
Duration: 160 min
Rating: 8.2

1985 · 2h 40m · Action, Drama, History

IMDb 8.2 Metacritic 97 RT 96%

Stop what you're doing and watch this tonight. Kurosawa's "Ran" is a masterpiece—a sweeping, visually stunning reimagining of King Lear that proves Shakespeare translates perfectly to samurai epics. With near-universal critical acclaim, this is essential cinema.

Plot

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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