Ran (1985 Foreign Film)

Ran (1985 Foreign Film)

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April 1, 2026 · 1h 4m · Season 24 · Episode 7

About this episode

This episode discusses Akira Kurosawa's film Ran, adapted from Shakespeare's King Lear, and features contemporary reviews.

The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1985 features our foreign film pick, Akira Kurosawa’s Ran . Directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa and starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu and Mieko Harada, Ran is adapted from William Shakespeare’s King Lear . The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert ( https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ran-1985 ), Paul Attanasio in The Washington Post ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/01/24/movies/86669975-df20-49c2-9e7f-f8c7268250df/ ), and Pauline Kael in The New Yorker . Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear You can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/ , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/ You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/ , on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ , on Bluesky at signalbleed.bsky.social and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/…

People in this episode

Host: Awesome Movie Year

Topics covered

  • 1985 films
  • foreign films
  • Akira Kurosawa
  • Shakespeare adaptations
  • film reviews

Keywords

  • Ran
  • Akira Kurosawa
  • King Lear
  • 1985
  • film reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Roger Ebert, The Washington Post, The New Yorker

Books & works: Ran, King Lear

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