Ran

[1985, Movie, R, 160 mins]

Ran: Review

At age 75, Akira Kurosawa, Japan's greatest living director, created one more magnificent work that will surely stand the test of time. In RAN, Kurosawa turned to Shakespeare for inspiration--as he had in THRONE OF BLOOD nearly 30 years before--and chose to film a Japanese adaptation of "King Lear." Set in 16th-century Japan, RAN (the Japanese character for fury, revolt, and madness--chaos) begins as Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai), an aging warlord who has acquired pow... read more

Ran: Cast & Details

Year: 1985
Rated R

User Rating:

(3 ratings)
Add Your Rating:

Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai: Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao: Tarotakatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu: Jiromasatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryu: Saburonaotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada: Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki: Lady Sue

more Ran cast & details

Ran: TV Guide News

Today's News: My Take | 5/27/2003
Liza Minnelli still plans to perform at a charity concert this evening in Italy, despite breaking her kneecap in a weeke read more

more Ran spoilers, news and recaps (1 total news articles)

Ran: TV Listings

Ran: Message Board

There are no community posts for Ran.

Visit the Ran message board.

Latest Videos on the Web

Ran
Ran is Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's...
Network: Video Detective
Posted: 3/17/2008

play

more info

Movies Box Office

This Week	Last Week	Film Title	Days In Release	Gross ($M)	Weekend Gross ($M)
1	1	Tropic Thunder	19	86.9	14.6
2	--	Babylon A.D.	3	11.5	11.5
3	4	Dark Knight, The	45	504.8	11.1
4	2	House Bunny, The	10	29.7	10.2
5	--	Traitor	5	11.5	10.0
6	3	Death Race	10	24.7	7.9
7	--	Disaster Movie	3	7.0	7.0
8	8	Mamma Mia!	45	132.5	5.4
9	6	Pineapple Express	26	80.8	4.5
10	5	Star Wars: The Clone Wars		30.7	3.8