Ran
1985
· Movie
· 160 min
A
MEANRANK
87/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #52
- IMDb #157
- Google retired #916
- Rotten Tomatoes #65
- Metacritic #26
- Letterboxd #17
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #309
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #97
- Metacritic Critics #34
- Metacritic Audience #97
- Criticker #30
- Douban #103
- Kinopoisk #433
- AlloCiné #695
- Trakt #261
Every rating
77–97
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 77, highest is Metacritic critics on 97.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An elderly warlord decides to abdicate and divide his kingdom among his three sons. His decision, based on their flattery rather than merit, plunges the kingdom into a chaotic power struggle. The betrayed father is cast out and driven mad as his sons turn on each other in a brutal civil war, destroying everything he built.
Details
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writers
- Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
- Based on
- King Lear by William Shakespeare
- Released
- 1 June 1985
- Country
- Japan, France
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $23.3M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 8 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 58th Academy Awards 1986 | Best Costume Design | Emi Wada | Winner |
| 58th Academy Awards 1986 | Best Cinematography | Asakazu Nakai | Nominee |
| 58th Academy Awards 1986 | Best Cinematography | Shōji Ueda | Nominee |
| 58th Academy Awards 1986 | Best Production Design | Yoshirō Muraki | Nominee |
| 58th Academy Awards 1986 | Best Production Design | Shinobu Muraki | Nominee |
| 58th Academy Awards 1986 | Best Director | Akira Kurosawa | Nominee |
| 58th Academy Awards 1986 | Best Cinematography | Takao Saito | Nominee |
| Amanda Award 1986 | Best Foreign Feature Film | Winner |
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58th Academy Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Costume Design | Emi Wada | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Asakazu Nakai | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Shōji Ueda | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Takao Saito | Nominee |
| Best Director | Akira Kurosawa | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Yoshirō Muraki | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Shinobu Muraki | Nominee |
Amanda Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Feature Film | Winner |