Ran
By: Greenwich Film Productions, Herald Ace Inc., Nippon Herald Films Inc. ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Contributors: Shakespeare, William,  1564-1616; Kurosawa, Akira,  1910-; Silberman, Serge.; Nakadai, Tatsuya,  1932-; CBS Fox Video.; Greenwich Film Productions.
Publisher: CBS/Fox Video
Place of publication: Livonia, MI
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Description: In 16th century Japan, an aging ruler attempts to divide his kingdom among his three sons, who turn against each other and betray their father, triggering events that ultimately shatter the kingdom, destroy the family, and drive their father insane.  Based on Shakespeare's King Lear.
Notes: VHS format.

CBS/Fox Video: VHS 3732.

In Japanese with English subtitles.

Originally released in 1985 as a motion picture.

Includes English subtitles

Producers, Serge Silberman, Masato Hara; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide; photography, Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda; music, Toru Takemitsu; English adaptation, Anne Brav.

Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Peter.