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.

Barry Lyndon is amazing! The magical quality of the lighting, the music, lady Lyndon's expression at the end. Probably one of my all time favorite films.

Terrible choice of novel too. Long and boring in print — I suppose one could say the film was faithful to the source material in that regard. Thackeray would have been a far better choice to cover the same issue.

It was a self-indulgent film.

Ran is excellent. Next question. :-)