28 years after Throne of Blood, Akira Kurosawa again turned to Shakespeare for inspiration, reimagining King Lear as an epic drama of power and betrayal in feudal Japan. The great Tatsuya Nakadai stars as an elderly warlord who attempts to retire by handing his domain over to his three sons, only to find that his moral authority has vanished along with his empire. Ran is one of the last great screen spectacles, with epic battle scenes, including a final confrontation filmed on Mount Fuji, all made without the aid of digital special effects. Named Best Foreign Film of the Year by the New York Film Critics Circle and Best Film of the Year by the National Society of Film Critics, RAN was also Oscar-nominated for Best Director, Cinematography, and Art Direction, with Emi Wada winning for her dazzling, three-years-in-the-making costumes.