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Ran(1985)
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WAR

A story of greed, a lust for power and ultimate revenge when an elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him. 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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namecharacter
Tatsuya Nakadai Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryû Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Akira Terao Taro Takatora Ichimonji
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Masato Hara producer
Masato Ide screenplay
Akira Kurosawa director, screenplay
Hideo Oguni screenplay
William Shakespeare writer (original)
Serge Silberman producer
Tôru Takemitsu composer
yearawardcategoryname
1987 London Critics' Circle Film Award Foreign Language Film of the Year