Ran review: Kurosawa’s masterpiece remains as sharp as a serpent’s tooth

Freshly restored in a new print, Akira Kurosawa's epic reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear has not dimmed one bit in the three decades since its first release

There will be blood: Akira Kurosawa’s epic Ran

There will be blood: Akira Kurosawa’s epic Ran

 In 16th-century Japan, the Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji, has spilled “an ocean of blood” over more than 50 years to rule over the horizon.

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