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172 Global Ranking
Wins 55% of its Matchups
4733 Total UsersWho've Ranked It
81554 Total Times Ranked
36 Have It At #1
354 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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Throne of Blood vs. Ran
AlgorithmJMO said on 3/31/2022
"I need to revisit Throne of Blood by I fell in love with Kurosawa's color usage in Ran." more ►
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Seven Samurai vs. Ran
hambone88 said on 6/6/2021
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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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hambone88 on 6/7/2021 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
That's a fair point. I think the ending with both the (SPOILERS) Dad and son dying is what holds it back from making my top 100.
Simply beautiful! The best movie I've seen in months!
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