Ran
Together 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 deep examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of greed, greed, and the insatiable appetite for electricity.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Akira Terao, Daisuke Ryû, Hisashi Igawa, Jinpachi Nezu, Mieko Harada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoshiko Miyazaki