Ran (
1985) | IMDb:
8.2
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Starring:
Tatsuya Nakadai
,
Akira Terao
,
Jinpachi Nezu
,
Daisuke Ryū
,
Mieko Harada
,
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Seven Samurai (
1954) | IMDb:
8.6
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Starring:
Toshirō Mifune
,
Takashi Shimura
,
Yoshio Inaba
,
Seiji Miyaguchi
,
Minoru Chiaki
,
Daisuke Katō