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Ran is a 1985 Japanese and French war drama film directed, written, and edited by Akira Kurosawa. The cast includes Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, and Daisuke Ryū. Produced by Serge Silberman, the film was shot in Japan and features music composed by Tōru Takemitsu. It is based on King Lear and has a runtime of 160 minutes.
The production involved cinematographers Takao Saito, Asakazu Nakai, and Shōji Ueda, with Yoshirō Muraki serving as production designer and Emi Wada as costume designer. The film received an Academy Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design. It has a Metascore of 97 and an IMDb rating of 8.2.
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8.0Shakespeare'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.
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
- Akira Terao as Taro Takatora Ichimonji
- Jinpachi Nezu as Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
- Daisuke Ryū as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
- Mieko Harada as Lady Kaede
- Yoshiko Miyazaki as Lady Sue
Themes
- assassination
- kingdom
- gun
- greed
- castle
- siege
- heir to the throne
- revenge
- descent into madness
- historical fiction
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Ratings
IMDb
8.2/10
150,674 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
97/100
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, War
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 30 wins & 23 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Screenplay by
- Akira Kurosawa Hideo Oguni Masato Ide
- Based on
- King Lear , by William Shakespeare
- Produced by
- Katsumi Furukawa Masato Hara Serge Silberman
- Starring
- Tatsuya Nakadai Akira Terao Jinpachi Nezu Daisuke Ryu Mieko Harada Yoshiko Miyazaki Mansai Nomura Hisashi Igawa Peter Masayuki Yui
- Cinematography
- Takao Saito Shoji Ueda Asakazu Nakai
- Edited by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Music by
- Toru Takemitsu
- Production companies
- Herald Ace Nippon Herald Films Greenwich Film Productions
- Distributed by
- Toho (Japan) Acteurs Auteurs Associés (France)
- Release dates
- May 31, 1985 ( 1985-05-31 ) ( Tokyo ) June 1, 1985 ( 1985-06-01 ) (Japan) September 18, 1985 ( 1985-09-18 ) (France)
- Running time
- 162 minutes
- Countries
- Japan France
- Language
- Japanese
- Budget
- $11–12 million
- Box office
- $19 million ( estimation</span>"}]]}'>est. )
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