Complex sentence: Kurosawa skipped the film's premiere, angering many in the Japanese film industry; as a result "Ran" was not submitted as Japan's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the Oscars.
Split into simpler sentences: Kurosawa skipped the film's premiere, angering many in the Japanese film industry. As a result "Ran" was not submitted as Japan's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the Oscars.