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180 Global Ranking
Wins 54% of its Matchups
4558 Total UsersWho've Ranked It
73639 Total Times Ranked
34 Have It At #1
335 Have It In Their Top 20
Directed By Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Starring Tatsuya Nakadai Tatsuya Nakadai • Akira Terao Akira Terao • Jinpachi Nezu Jinpachi Nezu • Daisuke Ryu Daisuke Ryu • Mieko Harada Mieko Harada Genres Action • Based-on-Shakespeare • Drama • Epic • Family Drama • Foreign Language Film • Historical Epic • Historical Film • Period Film • Samurai Film • War Drama • War Epic • War Studios &Franchises The Criterion Collection • StudioCanal • They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? • 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die • Roger Ebert's Great Movies • Arthaus • Spike Lee's Essential Film List • BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film Winning • BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated • Academy Award Best Cinematography Nominated • Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film Nominated • Academy Award for Best Production Design Nominated • National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film Winning • Cahiers du cinéma: Top 10 Lists • London Film Critics' Circle Foreign Language Film of the Year Winning • Empire Magazine's 100 Best Films of World Cinema • The Cinemaholic's 100 Best Japanese Movies of All Time • New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film Winning • Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film Winning Release Info 1985-06-01T00:00:00Z June 1, 1985 Color • 162 minutes R see more films from 1985 ► see more about this film on our blog ►
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Danny237 on 7/20/2015 Reply · Like · (1 like)
What a film.
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eaglesflyhigh on 6/27/2016 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I was considering Ran to be top 3 Kurosawa until the over-dramatic and silly Shakespearean finale. Still a great epic, but could have been so much more if it had a realistic and sensible ending.
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