Ran
Fox Lorber (1985)
Drama, War, Action
In Collection
#582
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Seen ItYes
012236107798
IMDB   8.3
160 mins Japan / Japanese
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1   R (Restricted)
Tatsuya Nakadai Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryu Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki Lady Sué
Hisashi Igawa Shuri Kurogane
Masayuki Yui Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Kato Kageyu Ikoma
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Producer Masato Hara
Serge Silberman
Writer Akira Kurosawa
William Shakespeare
Cinematography Takao Saitô
Masaharu Ueda
Musician Tôru Takemitsu


A story of greed, a lust for power, and ultimate revenge when an elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him. 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.
Edition Details
Distributor Lions Gate
Release Date 2/16/2010
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [French]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [Japanese]
DTS [English]
DTS [Spanish]
DTS [Japanese]
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
"Art of the Samurai": Interview with a Japanese Art-of-War Expert "Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate": Documentary on the director "A.K.": Feature-length documentary from director Chris Marker "The Samurai": Documentary on Samurai Art