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Ran

Rating:R
Genre:Drama
Release Date:August 18, 2000
Running time:160 minutes
Cast:Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Kazuo Kato, Hitoshi Ueki, Mieko Harada
Director:Akira Kurosawa
Producer:Katsumi Furukawa
Writer:Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
Distributor:Winstar

Description: A version of Shakespeare's "King Lear," set in feudal Japan where aging ruler, Lord Hidetora, unleashes a power struggle amongst his three sons.

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