Ran (film)

Ran
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Akira Kurosawa
Produced by	Serge Silberman Masato Hara
Screenplay by	Akira Kurosawa Hideo Oguni Masato Ide
Starring	Tatsuya Nakadai Akira Terao Jinpachi Nezu Daisuke Ryu Masayuki Yui Kazuo Katō Peter Hitoshi Ueki Jun Tazaki Mieko Harada Yoshiko Miyazaki Norio Matsui Hisashi Igawa Kenji Kodama Takeshi Katō Takeshi Nomura Toshiya Ito
Music by	Toru Takemitsu
Cinematography	Takao Saito Masaharu Ueda Asakazu Nakai
Edited by	Akira Kurosawa
Production companies	Herald Ace Nippon Herald Films Greenwich Film Productions
Distributed by	Toho (Japan) Acteurs Auteurs Associés (France)
Release date	May 31, 1985 (1985-05-31) (Tokyo) June 1, 1985 (1985-06-01) (Japan) September 18, 1985 (1985-09-18) (France)
Running time	162 minutes
Country	Japan France
Language	Japanese
Budget	$11 million
Box office	$12 million (Japan)

Ran (^?, Chinese and Japanese for "chaos", "rebellion", or "revolt", or to mean "disturbed" or "confused") is a 1985 jidaigeki epic film directed and edited by Akira Kurosawa, and co-written by Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni and Masato Ide. It is a Japanese-French venture produced by Herald Ace, Nippon Herald Films and Greenwich Film Productions. The film stars Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging Sengoku-era warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons. The story is based on legends of the daimyō Mōri Motonari, as well as on the Shakespearean tragedy King Lear.

Ran was Kurosawa's last epic, and has often been cited as amongst his finest achievements. With a budget of $11 million, it was the most expensive Japanese film ever produced up to that time.Ran was released on May 31, 1985 at the Tokyo International Film Festival and on June 1, 1985 in Japan. The film was hailed for its powerful images and use of color—costume designer Emi Wada won an Academy Award for Costume Design for her work on Ran. The distinctive Gustav Mahler–inspired film score, written by Toru Takemitsu, plays in isolation with ambient sound muted.