With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.

Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.

广濑未知(松岛菜菜子 饰)对教师一职失去热情，而光(泷泽秀明 饰) 被母亲镜子(黑木瞳 饰)严格要求继承医院家业，他们俩人第一次相遇就是在彼此生活都陷入绝境时。未知当时只想与未婚夫结婚，以逃避学校的一切，一心辞去教师的工作。而就在这时，光转入了未知的班上，光当时正想逃离母亲镜子的束缚，为此苦恼不已。纯洁得似乎一碰即碎的光，强烈地吸引著未知，而光对未知也怀著同样的情愫。未知在俩人相识之初，由于自己与光是教师与学生的关系，她只能拼命地压抑著自己的爱意，但是光对未知毫无保留、勇敢的爱情，让未知再也无法沉默，心中的疑虑及恐惧一扫而空。但是来自各界的压力不断，他们自己的相互磨合又总是不合时宜地发生，两人在艰难的经历和环境中，历经了多次的分分合合。这段惊世骇俗的师生恋情是否能被被周围的人认可？最终他们是否可以走向了幸福？

★八十年来首位摘得芥川奖的漫才艺人 又吉直树 小说处女作 ★芥川文学奖史上销售排名第一小说 日本发售超过三百万册 ★小说首发老牌文学杂志 《文学界》 刊行八十年来首次加印 ★N E T F L I X 日 本 首 部 原 创 剧 名不经传的漫才艺人德永，在一次演出上结识了才华过 人的前辈神谷，并拜其为师。神谷要求德永为自己写一本传记。德永记录着神谷的言行，也互相探讨着漫才这门艺术。最终，两人走上了不同的道路，留下了笑与人生的思考。

2008 film by Hirokazu Koreeda

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

2013 film by Shūichi Okita