Ran

8.1
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Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Overview
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Review (1)
Filipe Manuel Neto (Rated: 7)
A good film, full of detail and historical verisimilitude, but painfully long without needing to be.
I've already seen two of Akira Kurosawa's most renowned films and, quite frankly, I still can't understand why this Japanese director is so commonly considered a cinematic genius. His films ar...
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