Film1985160 min

Ran

Name: Ran
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Released: 1985
Duration: 160 min
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Mieko Harada

Taste attributes: actiondramahistoryhistoricalwarslowunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosion

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"The Greatest Shakespeare Film."

Boxlist takeWeighty and emotional: a realistic action film, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

Quality rating

8.1 /10

TMDB · 1,014 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined

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Synopsis

With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

Synopsis: TMDB