One of Akira Kurosawa’s last films, RAN is simply put one of the greatest films ever made. Made with the financial help of the likes of Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and George Lucas, it stands as a testament of a master at the end of his life and top of his craft.
Kurosawa was nearly blind at the time and yet you will never find a more beautifully realized, perfectly composed movie.
RAN is Kurosawa’s take on…