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Ran
1985
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Year
1985
Content Rating
R
Stars
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Languages
🇯🇵 Japanese
Origin Countries
🇯🇵 Japan, 🇫🇷 France
Synopsis
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Major Awards
Overall
0 wins — 5 nominations
Nominations (5)
Best Picture
David di Donatello Awards (1986)
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
César Awards, France (1986)
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Best Director
Academy Awards, USA (1986)
Best Director
Best Screenplay
BAFTA Awards (1987)
Best Screenplay - Adapted
Critics' Awards
Cahiers du Cinéma (1985)
Best Film