Ran - (French Release Trailer)

Ran (1985) -- (Movie Clip) Three Arrows

Director Akira Kurosawa switches daughters for sons and uses a Japanese parable of three arrows in place of Shakespeare's test of love, Lord Hidetori (Tatsuya Nakadai) holding court, in Ran, the 1985 treatment of King Lear.

Ran (1985) -- (Movie Clip) We Are Lost!

Returned from a day of politicking with his sons, Hidetori (Tatsuya) takes a nap and awakens to find himself betrayed, as the action starts in Akira Kurosawa's version of King Lear, from 1985, Ran.

Ran (1985) -- (Movie Clip) Lord And Master

Lady Sue (Yoshiko Miyazaki) taking on airs and pressing her husband Taro (Akira Terao), and along with "The Fool" (Shinnosuke Ikehata) angering Lord Hidetori (Tatsuya Nakadai), in Akira Kurosawa's Ran, 1985.

Akira Kurosawa's 100th -- (Movie Promo) TCM Original

TCM's original promo for the unprecedented March programming featuring 26 films by Akira Kurosawa, marking the late director's 100th birthday.

Ran (1985) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Hunt

The chilling opening scene, the hunt of a wild boar, from Ran, 1985, director Akira Kurosawa's interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear, starring Tatsuya Nakadai as the aging king.