Ran (1985)

Set in Japan in the 16th century (or so), an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them, or cause them to turn on each other…and him…

• assassination
• black widow
• blood
• castle
• descent into madness
• epic
• feudal japan
• greed
• gun
• heir to the throne
• hopelessness
• inheritance fight
• kingdom
• musket
• power
• revenge
• ruins
• seppuku
• shakespeare's king lear