Ran is not only highly regarded in Kurosawa's output, it regularly pops up on lists of greatest films of all time. When people speak of Kurosawa's weaker films

Ran is not only highly regarded in Kurosawa's output, it regularly pops up on lists of greatest films of all time. When people speak of Kurosawa's weaker films, they generally mean Dodeskaden and Scandal, and then perhaps lesser-known efforts like The Quiet Duel and Derzu Uzala.