Ran
Akira Kurosawa’s Academy Award-winning adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear, Ran dramatizes the ruin that follows when Lord Hidetora Ichimonji divides his realm among his three sons.
Akira Kurosawa’s Academy Award-winning adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, Ran centers on Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) after he decides to split his kingdom among his three sons. The film portrays the disastrous consequences of that choice and its impact on power, loyalty and family.