ran is even better directed then akira's other masterpiece seven samurai's
i think the strongest thing about the movie is that,the amazing acting and the complex narrative and characters.
i like how lord hidetora is not fully the good guy,i mean we litteraly got told he let someone get his eyes get gouged out.
tbh this movie is litteraly just him getting mentally tortured for the most part.
lady keade is not some one dimensional woman,she has understandable motivations.
i think the script and line delivery from every actor makes the film on a whole nother levelis it my favorite kurosawa film?
no high and low is still better but that doesn't mean this movie is that much weaker
Ran
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
Rating
5.0 (1)
Release Date
6/1/1985Runtime
160 minsOverview
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an ageing warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
JapaneseBudget
$11,500,005Revenue
$11,859,533Homepage
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A sprawling, operatic tragedy where the dissolution of a kingdom unfolds with inexorable inevitability, painted in stunning widescreen devastation. Kurosawa transforms Shakespeare's family tragedy into an epic vision of greed and madness that builds to apocalyptic ruin.
Mood
Dread-soakedMournfulBleakTense
Themes
PowerFamilyAmbitionBetrayalComing apart
Tone
Operatic
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
Widescreen epicPainterlyHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceSuicide and self-harm
Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Katō
Kageyu Ikoma
Norio Matsui
Shumenosuke Ogura
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