Thoughts

In the twilight years of his career, Mr. Kurosawa blessed us with his legendary retelling of William Shakespeare’s King Lear; Ran (1985) is a war epic surrounding a medieval Japanese warlord as he desperately seeks to retire, all by giving away his vast empire to his three sons.

Every once in a while, an "epic" will stand out among the rest and cement itself as a truly great piece of art.