With 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 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.

Title: Ran
Imdb rate: 8.2
Imdb votes: 98,783
Year: 1985
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan, France
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa (screenplay), Hideo Oguni (screenplay), Masato Ide (screenplay), William Shakespeare (play)
Actors:
Tatsuya Nakadai
Akira Terao
Jinpachi Nezu
Daisuke Ryû

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 28 wins & 21 nominations.