Ran
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnight)!
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 162 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1985 Language: Japanese
Starring: Akira Terao, Daisuke Ryu, Hitoshi Ueki, Jinpachi Nezu, Kazuo Kato, Mieko Harada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoshiko Miyazaki
Set in Japan in the 16th century (or so), an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them, or cause them to turn on each other…and him…