Legendary director Akira Kurosawa re-imagines Shakespeare's tragic King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Tatsuya Nakadai (The Sword of Doom, Kagemusha) stars as Lord Hidetora, a warlord who cedes authority over his vast dominion to his eldest son, setting off a familial power struggle for control of his kingdom. Majestic in scope, Ran is a visual masterpiece in which Kurosawa contrasts the immensity of war with the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

This edition features a new and improved English subtitle translation, and a new, restored high-definition digital transfer.

DVD Features: Audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince, An appreciation of the film by director Sidney Lumet, "A.K.,&quo; a 74-minute making-of film by director Chris Marker, "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create," a 37-minute documentary, "Image: Kurosawa's Continuity," a 35-minute video piece, New video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai, Original theatrical trailer, New essay by film critic Michael Wilmington.

Spoken Languages: Japanese, English subtitles.