Ran

1985 film by Akira Kurosawa
Movie film Q565231
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Ran

Summary

Ran is a film[1]. Ran ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,980 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ran received the Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3].
  • Ran received the Academy Award for Best Costume Design[4].
  • Ran's instance of is recorded as film[5].
  • Ran's director is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[6].
  • Ran's screenwriter is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[7].
  • Ran's composer is recorded as Tōru Takemitsu[8].
  • Ran's genre is recorded as war film[9].
  • Ran's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • Ran's based on is recorded as King Lear[11].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Tatsuya Nakadai[12].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Akira Terao[13].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Jinpachi Nezu[14].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Daisuke Ryū[15].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Mieko Harada[16].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Peter[17].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Hitoshi Ueki[18].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Jun Tazaki[19].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Hisashi Igawa[20].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Mansai Nomura II[21].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Yoshiko Miyazaki[22].
  • Ran's cast member is recorded as Kenji Kodama[23].
  • Ran's producer is recorded as Serge Silberman[24].
  • Ran's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 307288564[25].
  • Ran's GND ID is recorded as 1048300625[26].
  • Ran's production company is recorded as Asmik Ace Entertainment[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Ran's producer is recorded as Serge Silberman[24]. Ran's director is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[6]. Ran's screenwriter is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[7]. Cast members include Tatsuya Nakadai[12], Akira Terao[13], Jinpachi Nezu[14], Daisuke Ryū[15], Mieko Harada[16], and Peter[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1985-06-01T00:00:00Z[28], +1986-04-10T00:00:00Z[29], +1985-09-18T00:00:00Z[30], +1985-12-20T00:00:00Z[31], and +1985-00-00T00:00:00Z[32]. Ran's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese[33]. Genres include war film[9] and drama film[10].

Reception

Awards received include Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3], a class of award[34], founded in 1985[35] and Academy Award for Best Costume Design[4], an Academy Awards[36], in United States[37]. Reviews include 9/10[38], 96%[39], 97/100[40], and 8.2/10[41].

Why It Matters

Ran ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,980 views/month).[2] Ran has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Ran is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

FAQs

What awards did Ran receive?

Honors received include Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3] and Academy Award for Best Costume Design[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . IMDb. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] . wikidata.org.
  22. [4] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.
  27. [38] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [39] . wikidata.org.
  29. [40] . wikidata.org.
  30. [41] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  32. [29] . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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