Akira Kurosawa: Ran (New 4K Restoration)
Opens August 6, 2025
Akira Kurosawa: A Retrospective
Akira Kurosawa’s favorite of his films, this innovative, epic adaptation of “King Lear”—nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director—returns to the giant screen. New 4K restoration.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Saturday, August 9, 2025
A grand and visually breathtaking epic that transposes Shakespeare’s King Lear into the chaotic feudal era of 16th-century Japan of Shakespeare’s King Lear, Ran stars screen legend Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging warlord who decides to divide his vast domain among his three sons in hopes of securing peace in his final years. Instead, his decision ignites a violent power struggle, as betrayal and ambition shatter his family and plunge the region into civil war. Stripped of power and driven into madness, Hidetora becomes a ghost of his former self, wandering through the wreckage of a world he once ruled. With its masterful use of color, and meticulously staged battle sequences, Ran is both an intimate tragedy, and a large-scale historical spectacle. In delivering his haunting and majestic summation of his lifelong explorations of power, betrayal, and the devastating consequences of human ambition, Kurosawa employs sweeping landscapes, intricate battle sequences, and vivid color symbolism to create a world teetering on the edge of chaos.
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Principal Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada
- Country: France, Japan
- Year: 1985
- Running Time: 162 min.
- Producer: Serge Silberman, Masato Hara
- Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
- Cinematographers: Takao Saitô, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai
- Editors: Akira Kurosawa
- Music: Tôru Takemitsu
- Filmography: Ran (1985), Kagemusha (1980), Red Beard (1965), High and Low (1963), Sanjuro (1962), Yojimbo (1961), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Throne of Blood (1957), Seven Samurai (1954), Ikiru (1952), Rashomon (1950), Stray Dog (1949), Drunken Angel (1948)
- Language: Japanese
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- Format: 4K DCP
- US Distributor: Rialto Pictures