Details
Ran
- Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
- Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao
- Language: Japanese with English subtitles
- Year: 1985
- Duration: 161min
Book your ticket online to make sure you have a seat:
https://www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/ran-40th-anniversary
Trailer: https://youtu.be/8UB_kC-LXfs
We'll meet in the lobby just before the film (I will post a message on how to recognize me). After the film we'll have a drink/snack in the café and chat about it.
Summary:
Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon, Seven Samurai) reimagines Shakespearean tragedy King Lear as a historical epic set in 16th-century Japan.
An ageing warlord decides to abdicate and divide his kingdom between his three sons – with catastrophic consequences. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of a family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
Ran