Ran(乱); The Japanese Masterpice Film Of Kurosawa. Ran(乱) is one of the Japanese masterpiece films and one of the best I have ever watched. The story is directed Akira Kurosawa. He is still a respected director as he got the Academy Awards for ‘Seven Samurai’. In addition, some well-known film directors has been fascinated by the Kurosawa films. For instance, George Locus is one of them who has respected Kurosawa. Consequently, Star Wars series was inspired by Seven Samurai and other Kurosawa films. Steven Spielberg is also well-know as he has respected the Japanese director. Here I recommend Ran. The film is the best for me, although Seven Samurai is very nice. The film is all about a family in the Samurai era. A general ‘Kagetora’ occupies the large land because of his power. He is an extremely stubborn and determined man, and does not believe in anyone in his entire life. He has frequently taken action of killing a lot of people in order to always extend new lands and his control. He has never regretted the past. As a result, he is convinced that he is the top of generals. Apart from his life, he has three sons. He, however, gets older and has to take care of the retirement soon. One day, he gathers all of the sons and his assistance altogether. Finally, he announces that the oldest son takes over all of his power to the oldest son. The oldest and middle sons have to accept his decision, whereas the youngest son shows his disagreement to the father because he predicts that two of his older brothers would possibly kill each other for the power after settling down. In other words, the youngest son is the only one who loves his father and worries about Kagetora’s future. The youngest son gives advice to his father, but Kagetora gets desperately angry with the youngest son. The general kicks his own son out from the land and does not permit that he will never come back. Afterwards, the oldest and middle sons betray his father. Kagetora eventually also has to be expelled from his previous land after all. The film is a little bit long though, the last scene is amazingly brilliant. The story means deeply that people could be changed after obtaining power and easily turn around people’s attitudes towards someone including in family members. If you are interested in the film, just check it out.