Ran

Released Year: 1985

Certificate: U

Runtime: 162 minutes

Genre: Action, Drama, War

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 96

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû

No of Votes: 112505

Gross: 4135750

Overview: In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.

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