Ran

Ran (Japanese: 乱, "chaos") is a 1985 film written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. It is a Jidaigeki (Japanese period drama) depicting the fall of Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai), an aging Sengoku-era warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons. His kingdom slowly disintegrates as each son struggles for power, murdering rivals and laying waste to the land. Hidetora goes insane after watching his retainers slaughtered in an epic massacre, the centerpiece of the film. As the kingdom crumbles and rival warlords move in for the kill, the Ichimonji clan collapses in a culmination of revenge and betrayal as old scores are finally settled. The story is based on legends of the daimyo Mori Motonari as well as on the Shakespearean tragedy King Lear.

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:02:50

The arrow which
felled the boar...

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belonged to Lord lchimonji.

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Drink to him!

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The wily old beast...

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shot out right
in front of me.

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My horse reared...

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Before I could aim, off I fell.

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Father...

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shall we roast the boar?

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He was old.

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His hide is though, it stinks.

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Indigestible.

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Like me, old Hidetora

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Would you eat me?

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You'd stick in our throats.

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That's why I joined your hunt...

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to reinforce our friendship.

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I, too!

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I would cement the bonds...

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between the houses of
lchimonji and Ayabe...

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