"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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

With our attention more divided than ever by ubiquitous media, it’s easy to understand why some film critics feel the need to hyperbolize their positive, but by no means ecstatic, reactions so as to ...

There’s something nearly impossible to explain to people who weren’t there, or weren’t there in that way: what it meant to walk into a mall theater in Shreveport in 1985 and sit down to watch a movie.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Silberman next considered entering Ran as a French entry, but French rules stipulated submissions to be in the French language.