Fox Lorber | 1985 | 160 min | Rated R | Region (A, B, C untested) | Aug 10, 1998
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...
The Criterion Collection
Criterion | 1985 | 162 min | Rated R | Region (A, B, C untested) | Nov 22, 2005
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...
The Masterworks Edition
Wellspring | 1985 | 160 min | Rated R | Region (A, B, C untested) | Apr 15, 2003
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...
When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty living up to his role and clashes with the spirit of the warlord during turbulent times in the kingdom
