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Ran (1985)
★ 8.0 · 1,799 ratings on TMDB
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
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.
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
The emergence reading
Ran keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing power, betrayal, loyalty, tradition, war.
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