Get 2-for-1 tickets for RAN at the BFI Southbank this April. Don’t miss this brand new 4K restoration of Kurosawa’s mesmerising samurai epic, screening as part of the BFI’s ‘Shakespeare on Film’ season.Enjoy two tickets for the price of one by quoting RAN241 in person, online or over the phone (020 7928 3232).
King Lear is transported from Celtic Britain to feudal Japan to spectacular and unsettling effect in RAN, a late triumph for a director in the twilight of his career. Epic and bloody spectacle is underscored by a sombre mood of loss, regret and mortality, making RAN both enthralling and disturbing.