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Ran (1985)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Epic | Drama | Action

Most recently watched by GMOM65

Overview

With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare’s King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa’s late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

Rated R | Length 160 minutes

Actors

Tatsuya Nakadai | Akira Terao | Jinpachi Nezu | Daisuke Ryû | Mieko Harada | Yoshiko Miyazaki | Mansai Nomura | Hisashi Igawa | Pîtâ | Masayuki Yui | Kazuo Katô | Norio Matsui | Toshiya Ito | Heihachiro Suzuki | Kenji Kodama | Haruko Tôgô | Reiko Nanjo | Tokie Kanda | Sawako Kochi | Kumeko Otowa | Takeshi Katô | Jun Tazaki | Hitoshi Ueki | Takao Zushi | Yoshitaka Zushi | Tetsuo Yamashita | Akihiko Sugizaki | Masaaki Sasaki | Satoru Fukasaku | Susumu Terajima

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Instead of watching The Ten Commandments for Easter I’m watching this which I think is kinda the same thing right?

Definitely some liberties taken with this like those single load rifles firing like a semi-automatic. Dudes got injured for sure. You can see some of them get stepped on by the horses. I understand that color is important to the story (esp. the old school tempera paint red for blood) but I’d kinda want to see this in black and white bc the makeup is often not great (the skin tones on the shaved head generals in particular). It’s a little distracting in color but doesn’t take anything away from this incredible feat of moviemaking.

This is such a brilliant story. I get that it’s a take on King Lear but it’s done in such a wonderfully twisted way here. Tatsuya Nakadai is amazing as the warlord that fucks over the entire kingdom by his crazed decision that kicks off the movie.

I regret skipping the screenings for this at Film Center.

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