"One of the most exquisite spectacles ever made." Rialto Pictures has unveiled a new trailer for the 40th anniversary re-release of the Japanese medieval epic called Ran, one of the final films made ...

If Kurosawa was accessible to Western audiences, it was perhaps in part because he was inspired by Western literature and film. William Shakespeare provided continued inspiration for Kurosawa, ...

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Akira Kurosawa could very well be the single most influential filmmaker of the 20th century. With the possible exception of Alfred Hitchcock, no filmmaker has been more frequently shouted out by ...

Directed by the legendary Akira Kurosawa, Ran was one of his final films. Released in 1985, it is a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear set in Japan's Sengoku period. After Throne of ...

Japanese stage and movie actor Tatsuya Nakadai, who starred in a string of Akira Kurosawa films, including the lead in "Ran", has died aged 92, his acting school said on Tuesday. Nakadai first rose to ...

Japanese stage and screen actor Tatsuya Nakadai, who starred in a string of Akira Kurosawa films, including the lead in the Oscar-winning Ran, has died aged 92, his acting school has said. Nakadai ...

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