Movie
1985
Ran is a 1985 epic historical action drama film directed, co-written, and edited by Akira Kurosawa. The plot derives from William Shakespeare's King Lear and includes segments based on legends of the daimyō Mōri Motonari. The film stars Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging Sengoku-period warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons.
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In 1985, following the success of his film *When Father Was Away on Business*, former Yugoslav (Bosnian) director Emir Kusturica has publicly speculated on his next big project. The best idea was the adaptation of Ivo Andric's novel *The Bridge on the Drina* and Kusturica has expressed his desire to turn it into grand epic in the style of Kurosawa's *Ran*. Kusturica never had opportunity to make this dream come true…More
