Ran
乱
1985JapanLanguage: jaDirected by Akira Kurosawa★ 8
Available in English: subtitled
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Themes and style
Tone
bleakmelancholichauntingbrutal
Pacing
slow burnescalatingslow build to explosion
Story
warunravelingrebellion
Emotion
griefguiltloyalty under pressureloss of innocencefeeling powerlessrage
Themes
family wounds passed downfamily dutyclass and moneylife under oppression
Feel
exhaustingcatharticcerebralquietly hauntingdiscussion starteremotionally wrecking
Violence
graphic