Ran
strong bloody violence
Director(s)Akira Kurosawa
Production year1985
Release date27/06/2025
Genre(s)Adventure, Drama, War
Approx. running minutes161m
CastTatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Hisashi Igawa, Pîtâ, Masayuki Yui, Kazuo Katô
Ran
strong bloody violence
Epic Samurai drama, from 1985, in which an ageing warlord abdicates and hands over power to his three sons.
Epic Samurai drama, from 1985, in which an ageing warlord abdicates and hands over power to his three sons.
violence
threat and horror
sex
suicide and self-harm
injury detail
language
discrimination
drugs
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
23/04/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
violence
Battle sequences feature use of bows and arrows, as well as bladed weapons, with resultant sight of blood and injuries. There is a scene of implied decapitation, resulting in a splatter of blood.
threat and horror
Scenes of threat include a blade being held to a person's neck, after which blood is licked from the cuts.
sex
References are made to affairs and concubines, in a historical setting.
suicide and self-harm
People take their own lives in scenes of ritual suicide (seppuku), in a historical Japanese context.
injury detail
Blood and injuries are seen in the aftermath of violence, including a person with an arrow protruding from their eye socket and a person holding their own severed arm.
moderate bloody violence
Classified Date:
26/01/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Independent Cinema Office
violence
Scenes of moderate violence and aftermath include a shallow cut to a man's neck, brief sight of a man holding his severed arm, an arrow embedded in an eye, and bloody battleground aftermath and bleeding wounds. There is also an implied but unseen beheading.
Classified Date:
21/10/1985
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Virgin Vision
Contains moderately bloody violence
Classified Date:
27/09/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Optimum Releasing
violence
Scenes of moderate violence and aftermath include a shallow cut to a man's neck, brief sight of a man holding his severed arm, an arrow embedded in an eye, and bloody battleground aftermath and bleeding wounds. There is also an implied but unseen beheading.
Contains moderately bloody violence
Classified Date:
16/04/2004
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
25/10/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
24/11/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
CBS/Fox Video Ltd
Classified Date:
29/05/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Classified Date:
19/02/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Classified date23/28/2025
LanguageJapanese
violence
threat and horror
sex
suicide and self-harm
injury detail
language
discrimination
drugs
Director(s)Akira Kurosawa
Production year1985
Release date27/06/2025
Genre(s)Adventure, Drama, War
Approx. running minutes161m
CastTatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Hisashi Igawa, Pîtâ, Masayuki Yui, Kazuo Katô
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
23/04/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
violence
Battle sequences feature use of bows and arrows, as well as bladed weapons, with resultant sight of blood and injuries. There is a scene of implied decapitation, resulting in a splatter of blood.
threat and horror
Scenes of threat include a blade being held to a person's neck, after which blood is licked from the cuts.
sex
References are made to affairs and concubines, in a historical setting.
suicide and self-harm
People take their own lives in scenes of ritual suicide (seppuku), in a historical Japanese context.
injury detail
Blood and injuries are seen in the aftermath of violence, including a person with an arrow protruding from their eye socket and a person holding their own severed arm.
moderate bloody violence
Classified Date:
26/01/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Independent Cinema Office
violence
Scenes of moderate violence and aftermath include a shallow cut to a man's neck, brief sight of a man holding his severed arm, an arrow embedded in an eye, and bloody battleground aftermath and bleeding wounds. There is also an implied but unseen beheading.
Classified Date:
21/10/1985
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Virgin Vision
Contains moderately bloody violence
Classified Date:
27/09/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Optimum Releasing
violence
Scenes of moderate violence and aftermath include a shallow cut to a man's neck, brief sight of a man holding his severed arm, an arrow embedded in an eye, and bloody battleground aftermath and bleeding wounds. There is also an implied but unseen beheading.
Contains moderately bloody violence
Classified Date:
16/04/2004
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
25/10/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
24/11/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
CBS/Fox Video Ltd
Classified Date:
29/05/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Classified Date:
19/02/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Classified date23/28/2025
LanguageJapanese
