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Ran (1985) [R]

Release Date:
June 1, 1985

Original Title:
乱

Alternate Titles:
Ran
Revolt
Ռան
亂
亂(1985)

Genres:
Action | Drama | History

Production Companies:
Greenwich Film Production
Herald Ace
Nippon Herald Films
TOHO

Production Countries:
France | Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BE: AL  CZ: 15+  DE: 12  ES: 16  GB: 12A  GR: K12  HK: IIB  IE: 15A  JP: G  NL: 16  PT: M/12  SE: 15  TH: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 160

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Assistant Director:
Bernard Cohn
Ishirō Honda
Takashi Koizumi
Okihiro Yoneda
Ichiro Yamamoto

Associate Producer:
Hisao Kurosawa

Costume Design:
Emi Wada

Director:
Akira Kurosawa

Director of Photography:
Takao Saitō
Shôji Ueda
Asakazu Nakai

Editor:
Akira Kurosawa

Electrician:
Makoto Sano

Executive Producer:
Katsumi Furukawa

Gaffer:
Takeji Sano

Makeup Artist:
Shohichiro Meda
Chihako Naito
Noriko Takamizawa

Original Music Composer:
Toru Takemitsu

Producer:
Masato Hara
Serge Silberman

Production Coordinator:
Hisao Kurosawa

Production Design:
Shinobu Muraki
Yoshirō Muraki

Production Manager:
Teruyo Nogami
Satoru Iseki
Ulrich Picard
Takashi Ōhashi

Production Sound Mixer:
Claude Villand

Screenplay:
Hideo Oguni
Akira Kurosawa

Sound Recordist:
Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound mixer:
Jean-Marc Lentretien

Still Photographer:
Daizaburo Harada

Storyboard Artist:
Akira Kurosawa

Theatre Play:
William Shakespeare

Unit Production Manager:
Masayuki Motomochi
Tsutomu Sakurai

Writer:
Masato Ide

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