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Ran
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
IMDB 8.2
RT 97%
Metacritic 96
StarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi NezuDaisuke Ryû
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
WriterAkira Kurosawa (screenplay)Hideo Oguni (screenplay)Masato Ide (screenplay)William Shakespeare (play)

AwardsWon 1 Oscar
  • Best Achievement in Costume DesignWinner
    Emi Wada
  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
    Yoshirô Muraki, Shinobu Muraki
  • Best Achievement in Cinematography
    Takao Saitô, Shôji Ueda, Asakazu Nakai
  • Best Achievement in Directing
    Akira Kurosawa

LanguageJapanese