A level of spectacularity that continues to surprise to this day. [Full review in Spanish]

Ran takes film spectacle to new heights. Kurosawa continues not only to extend his own powers but to exploit new technical advances.

There is not a wasted second. [Here] is proof of what we seldom doubted: Kurosawa is a director who becomes godlike rather than gaga in old age.

Kurosawa managed to fashion a movie that embodies that most overriding of cinematic oxymorons: an intimate epic.