E01¶


Research	R0031 — Plural Voice Claims Blind
Run	2026-03-27
Claim	C010
Source	SRC03
Evidence	SRC03-E01
Type	Factual

Ran (1985) is a King Lear adaptation set in feudal Japan.

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ran_(film)

Extract¶

Ran (1985) is a Japanese epic film directed by Akira Kurosawa based on Shakespeare's King Lear. Hidetora has three sons — Taro, Jiro, and Saburo — who correspond to Lear's daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia. The film transposes the setting to feudal Japan's Sengoku period.

Relevance to Hypotheses¶

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	Ran/King Lear confirmed
H2	Supports	Consistent
H3	Contradicts	Attribution is correct

Context¶

Ran is universally recognized as a King Lear adaptation. No scholarly debate exists about this attribution, unlike The Bad Sleep Well/Hamlet.