Principal cast
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryū and Mieko Harada
Film 262 of 498 on the Screen Path
Ran
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
About the film
Ran at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1985 film at stop 262 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Key craft credits
Asakazu Nakai (director of photography), Shoji Ueda (director of photography), Takao Saitō (director of photography), Akira Kurosawa (editor) and Tōru Takemitsu (original music composer)
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Release
- 1985-06-01
- Runtime
- 160 minutes
- Genres
- Action, Drama and History
- Country
- Japan
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.
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Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
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After the film
Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.
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Quiz yourself
Answer 50 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
50 questions in this journeyCitizen Kane is the complete public example: both learning videos and a five-question sample quiz are available below.
Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Tatsuya NakadaiCharacter: Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
- Akira TeraoCharacter: Taro Takatora Ichimonji
- Jinpachi NezuCharacter: Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
- Daisuke RyūCharacter: Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
- Mieko HaradaCharacter: Lady Kaede
- Yoshiko MiyazakiCharacter: Lady Sue
- Mansai NomuraCharacter: Tsurumaru
- Hisashi IgawaCharacter: Shuri Kurogane
- Shinnosuke IkehataCharacter: Kyoami
- Masayuki YuiCharacter: Tango Hirayama
- Kazuo KatōCharacter: Kageyu Ikoma
- Norio MatsuiCharacter: Shumenosuke Ogura
Full crew
Full crew
- Akira KurosawaCredits: Screenplay, Editor, Director, Storyboard Artist
- Takao SaitōCredits: Director of Photography
- Shoji UedaCredits: Director of Photography
- Hideo OguniCredits: Screenplay
- Masato HaraCredits: Producer
- Asakazu NakaiCredits: Director of Photography
- Serge SilbermanCredits: Producer, Presenter
- Tōru TakemitsuCredits: Original Music Composer
- Daizaburo HaradaCredits: Still Photographer
- Hisao KurosawaCredits: Associate Producer, Production Coordinator
- Katsumi FurukawaCredits: Executive Producer, Presenter
- Teruyo NogamiCredits: Production Manager
- Bernard CohnCredits: Assistant Director
- Ishirō HondaCredits: Assistant Director
- Shinobu MurakiCredits: Production Design
- Jean-Marc LentretienCredits: Sound mixer
- Takashi KoizumiCredits: Assistant Director
- Emi WadaCredits: Costume Design
- Satoru IsekiCredits: Production Manager
- Masayuki MotomochiCredits: Unit Production Manager
- Tsutomu SakuraiCredits: Unit Production Manager
- Ulrich PicardCredits: Production Manager
- Okihiro YonedaCredits: Assistant Director
- Takeji SanoCredits: Gaffer
- Yoshirō MurakiCredits: Production Design
- Takashi ŌhashiCredits: Production Manager
- William ShakespeareCredits: Theatre Play
- Shohichiro MedaCredits: Makeup Artist
- Chihako NaitoCredits: Makeup Artist
- Noriko TakamizawaCredits: Makeup Artist
- Ichiro YamamotoCredits: Assistant Director
- Claude VillandCredits: Production Sound Mixer
- Fumio YanoguchiCredits: Sound Recordist
- Makoto SanoCredits: Electrician
- Masato IdeCredits: Screenplay
- Jiro HiraiCredits: Set Decoration
- Mitsuyuki KimuraCredits: Set Decoration
- Yasuyoshi OtotakeCredits: Set Decoration
- Tsuneo ShimuraCredits: Set Decoration
- Osumi ToushoCredits: Set Decoration
- Tameyuki AimiCredits: Makeup Artist
- Yoshiko MatsumotoCredits: Hairstylist
- Noriko SatoCredits: Hairstylist
- Shoshichiro UedaCredits: Makeup Artist
- Seikichi IizumiCredits: Production Manager
- Takayuki GotoCredits: Sound Assistant
- Sôichi InoueCredits: Sound Assistant
- Takenori MisawaCredits: Sound Assistant
- Hideo TakeichiCredits: Sound Assistant
- Shotaro YoshidaCredits: Sound Recordist
- Anne BravCredits: Translator
- Masahiko KumadaCredits: Production Assistant
- Ko NauriCredits: Production Assistant
- Takeo SugaCredits: Accountant
- Takeo SugaCredits: Assistant Camera
- Noburu AsonoCredits: Assistant Camera
- Hidehiro IgarashiCredits: Assistant Camera
- Nobuyuki KitôCredits: Assistant Camera
- Kosuke MatsushimaCredits: Assistant Camera
- Masakazu OkaCredits: Assistant Camera
- Yoshinori SekiguchiCredits: Assistant Camera
- Suzuki MamoruCredits: Assistant Camera
- Shigeo SuzukiCredits: Assistant Camera
- Koji ChoyaCredits: Electrician
- Yoshio IyamaCredits: Electrician
- Koichi KamataCredits: Electrician
- Mutsuo KomineCredits: Electrician
- Yuichi OyamaCredits: Electrician
- Tetsuo SawadaCredits: Electrician
- Shintaro TazakiCredits: Electrician
- Akira FukudaCredits: Wardrobe Assistant
- Kazuko NumataCredits: Wardrobe Assistant
- Noriko TaguchiCredits: Wardrobe Assistant
- Hideto AgaCredits: Assistant Editor
- Hajime IshiharaCredits: Assistant Editor
- Ryûsuke ÔtsuboCredits: Assistant Editor
- Hiroyuki IwakiCredits: Conductor
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