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Ran

Ran

Jun 1, 1985
160 min
ActionDramaHistory
8.0/ 10
1,689 votes

Overview

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

Ratings & Reviews

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TMDB
8.0/10
1,689 votes
IMDB
8.2/10
146,458 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
97/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$12,000,000Production cost
Box Office$23,334,156Worldwide gross
Profit$11,334,156Profitable
ROI
+94.5%Return on investment
US Box Office$4,314,927Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

Won 1 Oscar. 30 wins & 23 nominations total

Details

Production information

"In a mad world, only the mad are sane."

Status

Released

Original Language

ja

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$23,334,156

Production Companies

Nippon Herald FilmsGreenwich Film ProductionHerald AceKurosawa Film Production

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