[DOC] [TLE] Ran (film) - Wikipedia [PAR] Ran is a 1985 Japanese-French jidaigeki epic film directed and co-written by 
Akira Kurosawa. ... Ran was Kurosawa's last epic, and has often been cited as 
amongst his finest achievements. .... Despite the similarities to Shakespeare's 
play King Lear, Kurosawa only ..... Create a book  Download as PDF  Printable 
version... [DOC] [TLE] Ran (1985) - IMDb [PAR] Action  In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to 
his three sons. ..... There's something about his version of the doomed King Lear 
of ... Tatsuya Nakadai, who had roles in past Kurosawa films as a young man in... [DOC] [TLE] Kurosawa's Japanese version of 'King Lear: 'This is my life's work ... [PAR] Kurosawa's Japanese version of 'King Lear: 'This is my life's work'. By TODD R. 
EASTHAM | Jan. 4, 1985 ... Kurosawa spoke about 'Ran' and his philosophy of 
film-making in a rare interview on location on the lower slopes of majestic Mt. Fuji
. [DOC] [TLE] Reel history | Ran: a storming Japanese Lear, spiced with Lady ... [PAR] Mar 4, 2010 ... Ran (meaning discord) is based on his life and on the ... Nakadai), the film's 
version of Motonari, has decided to divide his kingdom between his... [DOC] [TLE] Ran review  Kurosawa's masterful epic reissued | Film | The Guardian [PAR] Apr 3, 2016 ... This 1985 film was the last proper epic from Japanese maestro Akira Kurosawa, 
and it's a magisterial achievement. An adaptation of King Lear,... [DOC] [TLE] Ran Movie Review & Film Summary (1985) | Roger Ebert [PAR] Oct 1, 2000 ... Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" is inspired by "King Lear," but may be as much ... "too 
Western" and old-fashioned in Japan, he begged for his budgets. [DOC] [TLE] Ran (1985) -- (Movie Clip) Three Arrows - TCM.com [PAR] Director Akira Kurosawa switches daughters for sons and uses a Japanese 
parable of three ... Hidetori (Tatsuya Nakadai) holding court, in Ran, the 1985 
treatment of King Lear. ... His new self-appointed manager Tony Franciosa 
helping with. .... as the action starts in Akira Kurosawa's version of King Lear, from 
1985, Ran.>. [DOC] [TLE] Exploring the relation of Kurosawa's Ran to Shakespeare's King Lear [PAR] Kurosawa sets his films Kumonosu-Djo and Ran in 16th Century Japan, a more 
... The hunt, a central motif in King Lear, is graphically established in Ran, ... with 
Hamlet; and Ran (1985) relates the story of the old Head of the Ichimonji clan, ..... 
Lear version cin: la mise en scne du Roi Lear de Shakespeare par Andr... [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.com: Ran (English Subtitled): Tatsuya Nakadi, Akira Terao ... [PAR] Ran (English Subtitled). 1985. R. Unsupported Browser. This web browser isn't ... 
Set in 16th century Japan Lord Hidetora, announces his intention to divide his ... 
While Kurosawa freely borrowed from "King Lear", he also informed the film with 
... The "Ran: Masterworks Edition" DVD could have been much better, but was... [DOC] [TLE] Ran (1985/2000) | PopMatters [PAR] While discussing the art of filmmaking, Japanese director Akira Kurosawa once 
said, ... From his classic films of the fifties, such as Rashomon (1950) and The 
Seven Samurai ... Ran is Kurosawa's version of William Shakespeare's King Lear
. [DOC] [TLE] Movie Review - - FILM VIEW; 'RAN' WEATHERS THE SEASONS ... [PAR] Jun 22, 1986 ... ''Ran'' stands above all other 1985-86 movies with the implacable ... It's the 27th 
feature of this most celebrated of Japanese directors, one of the two ... He's 
persisted in making only those films that express his own ... What's even more 
intimidating is that it's Kurosawa's version of Shakespeare's ''King Lear.''. [DOC] [TLE] Ran (1985) -

Question: His 1985 film "Ran" is a Japanese version of "King Lear"
Answer: Akira Kurosawa