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Ran

Ran

1985

Akira Kurosawa

Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Pîtâ ...

8.1

28,566

Drama. War A reinterpretation of William Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. The Lear counterpart is an elderly 16th-century warlord (Tatsuya Nakadai), who announces that he's about to divide his kingdom equally among his three sons. In his dotage, he falls prey to the false flattery of his treacherous sons (Akira Terao and Jinpachi Nezu), while banishing his youngest son (Daisuke Ryu), the only member of the family who loves him enough to tell him the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The film is visually magnificent. Kurosawa refined everything he learned about battle scenes in 'Kagemusha' and the earlier samurai epics (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney The Guardian	"Visually and dramatically breathtaking (...) A magisterial achievement (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Though big in physical scope and of a beauty that suggests a kind of drunken, barbaric lyricism, 'Ran' has the terrible logic and clarity of a morality tale seen in tight close-up"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"What's remarkable about 'Ran' is that the drama enhances the spectacle the same way the spectacle bolsters the drama. Few other directors had Kurosawa's ability to convey the intimate as well as the epic"	POS
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"Kurosawa’s masterpiece remains as sharp as a serpent’s tooth (...) One can never be short of things to look at while Kurasawa’s 'Ran' is in the world (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"Masterpiece (...) Soul-shattering (...) [It represents] Kurosawa’s genius for spectacle"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"The emotional intensity of its story enriched by Kurosawa’s unique visual mastery (...) Its true power is found in the small moments (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"'Ran' hasn't lost its power (...) The drama itself packs a powerful -- and timeless -- gut punch"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"An absolute triumph (...) An unforgettable and gripping tale of betrayal and trust. Perfectly paced and beautifully directed with some simply superb acting (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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