watch it and re-watch it

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 2002)

Ran is a spectacle to behold. It's a tragedy of majestic proportions. Totally engrossing on all levels. Alas the human condition hasn't a happy ending - an abyss lies between what we are and what we would like to think that we are. There is a ray of optimism in this movie though, it is the fact that the director is in his eighties when this film is produced. Where does this energy come from? Everything a film would want to be. One of the best.