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Ran (1985 movie)

Ran (乱) ("Chaos") is a film by Akira Kurosawa, based on William Shakespeare's King Lear but set in medieval Japan. It won the Academy Award for Costume Design in 1985. The film score was written by Toru Takemitsu.

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