Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a distinct historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan in his film Ran (The Great Wave). The picture, which is monumental in scope, is Kurosawa's late-life masterwork, a profound analysis of the folly of war and the disintegration of a family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and an insatiable desire for power.
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Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a distinct historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan in his film Ran (The Great Wave). The picture, which is monumental in scope, is Kurosawa's late-life masterwork, a profound analysis of the folly of war and the disintegration of a family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and an insatiable desire for power.
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