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A group of samurai in different coloured outfits sit on a green hill.

Ran (40th Anniversary)

Duration: 2h40m
Dates: Thu 17 Jul 2025 19:30

Ran is also screening on 35mm on Sun 13 July - visit the webpage for this screening.

Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Akira Kurosawa’s Oscar and BAFTA award-winning film Ran.

One of the most important and influential film makers in cinematic history, Akira Kurosawa directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. His final masterpiece is Ran ,a reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear set in feudal Japan.

Ran tells the story of Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai – Yojimbo, Kagemusha) an aging warlord who, after spending his life consolidating his empire, decides to abdicate and divide his Kingdom amongst his three sons Taro (Akira Terao – Letter from the Mountain, Dreams), Jiro (Jinpachi Nezu – The Man in White, Red Shadow: Akakage) and Saburo (Daisuke Ryû – Tôno Monogatari). This leads to a brutal and bloody war between the brothers for absolute power of the kingdom.

The gates to a Japanese city burn while groups of soldiers converge.
Ran (35mm)
A group of samurai on horseback gather on a field.
Ran (35mm)

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