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Encyclopedia > Ran

The term Ran can refer to:


In film and television:

  • Ran (film), a 1985 film directed by the master Japanese director, Akira Kurosawa
  • Tsukikage Ran, an anime, or its title character
  • Rachel Moore, also called Ran Mori, a fictional character in the manga Case Closed (known as Detective Conan in Japan)
  • Ran Kotobuki, a fictional character in the shōjo manga Gals!

In people and culture: Ran (Japanese: , chaos, wretchedness) is a 1985 film written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. ... Ran and Meow from Tsukikage Ran. ... Rachel Moore, known as Ran Mori ) in Japan, is a fictional character in the anime and manga Case Closed (known in Japan as Detective (Meitantei) Conan). ... Gals! is a shōjo manga written by mangaka Mihona Fujii. ...

  • Rán, an ancient Norse goddess
  • A tribe in Arunachal Pradesh region of India
  • Ran Ito, a member of the 1970s Japanese pop idol group, Candies
  • Ran (Bob and George), a popular character from the Megaman sprite comic Bob and George
  • Ran Hibiki, a character from the Rival Schools video game series

Ran may also refer to: Rán In Norse mythology, Rán is a sea goddess who collects the drowned in a net. ... Arunachal Pradesh (Hindi: अरुणाचल प्रदेश) is a state of India. ... Ran Ito (伊藤蘭; Ito Ran; born 13 January 1955 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Ran in Project Justice. ...


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Ran (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3998 words)
Ran was the final film of Kurosawa's "third period" (1965-1985), a time where he had difficulty securing support for his pictures, and was frequently forced to seek foreign financial backing.
By contrast, the world of Ran is a Hobbesian world, where life is an endless cycle of suffering and everybody is a villain or a victim, and in many cases both.
In Ran, the vehicle for apocalyptic destruction is the arquebus, an early firearm that was introduced to Japan in the 1500s.
Ran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (197 words)
Ran Kotobuki, a fictional character in the shōjo manga Gals!
RAN is an acronym for the Royal Australian Navy
Ran G, a protein that controls import and export within a cell nucleus
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