One of the most important and influential film makers in cinematic history, akira kurosawadirected 30 films in a career spanning 57 years'. '.strtoupper('h')is final masterpiece, ran a reimagining ofshakespeare’s king lear set in feudal japan, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.ran tells the story of lord hidetora ichimonji tatsuya nakadai – yojimbo, kagemusha an agingwarlord who, after spending his life consolidating his empire, decides to abdicate and divide his kingdomamongst his three sons taro akira terao – letter from the mountain, dreams, jiro jinpachi nezu – theman in white, red shadow akakage and saburo daisuke ryû – tôno monogatari, gojo reisenkigojoe'. '.strtoupper('t')his leads to a brutal and bloody war between the brothers for absolute power of the kingdom.this special 40th anniversary edition includes a 100 page booklet, 2 posters and the original soundtrack cd.feature uhd feature bd disc 1 disc 2ran bonus bd disc 3a.k'. '.strtoupper('d')ocumentaryakira kurosawa the epic and the intimateinterview with director of photography shoji uedathe art of the samuraiinterview with michael brookeinterview with ms mieko haradastage appearance at tokyo film festival 2015akira kurosawa by catherine cadouthe samurai