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Release Date: 1985

Cast: Hisashi Igawa, Daisuke Ryu, Jinpachi Nezu, Kazuo Kato, Norio Matsui, Kenji Kodama, Masayuki Yui, Mieko Harada, Takashi Nomura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiya Ito, Yoshiko Miyazaki ...MORE

Cast: Hisashi Igawa, Daisuke Ryu, Jinpachi Nezu, Kazuo Kato, Norio Matsui, Kenji Kodama, Masayuki Yui, Mieko Harada, Takashi Nomura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiya Ito, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Akira Terao ...LESS

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Ran (乱, Japanese for "chaos" or "revolt") is a 1985 Japanese-French jidaigeki film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film starred Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging Sengoku-era warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons. It also stars Mieko Harada as the wife of Ichimonji's eldest son. The story is based on legends of the daimyo Mōri Motonari, as well as on the Shakespearean tragedy King Lear. Ran was Kurosawa's last epic. With a budget of $12 million, it was the most expensive Japanese film ever produced up to that time. After Ran,... MORE

Ran (乱, Japanese for "chaos" or "revolt") is a 1985 Japanese-French jidaigeki film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film starred Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging Sengoku-era warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons. It also stars Mieko Harada as the wife of Ichimonji's eldest son. The story is based on legends of the daimyo Mōri Motonari, as well as on the Shakespearean tragedy King Lear. Ran was Kurosawa's last epic. With a budget of $12 million, it was the most expensive Japanese film ever produced up to that time. After Ran, Kurosawa directed three other films before he died, but none on so large a scale. The film was hailed for its powerful images and use of color—costume designer Emi Wada won an Academy Award for Costume Design for her work on Ran. The distinctive Gustav Mahler-inspired film score, written by Tōru Takemitsu, plays in isolation with ambient sound muted. According to Stephen Prince, Ran is "a relentless chronicle of base lust for power, betrayal of the father by his sons, and pervasive wars and murders that destroy all the main characters." It is a tale about the downfall of the once-powerful Ichimonji clan LESS