Ran [Blu-ray]

Ran [Blu-ray]

Director: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
, Akira Terao
Akira Terao
, Jinpachi Nezu
Jinpachi Nezu
, Daisuke Ryu
Daisuke Ryu
Akira Kurosawa
Ran [Blu-ray]

Ran [Blu-ray]

Director: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
, Akira Terao
Akira Terao
, Jinpachi Nezu
Jinpachi Nezu
, Daisuke Ryu
Daisuke Ryu
Akira Kurosawa

Blu-ray (Wide Screen)

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Overview

Ran is Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's reinterpretation of William Shakespeare's +King Lear. The Lear counterpart is an elderly 16th-century warlord (Tatsuya Nakadai), who announces that he's about to divide his kingdom equally among his three sons. In his dotage, he falls prey to the false flattery of his treacherous sons (Akira Terao and Jinpachi Nezu), while banishing his youngest son (Daisuke Ryu), the only member of the family who loves him enough to tell him the unvarnished truth. Thanks to his foolish pride, his domain collapses under its own weight as the sons battle each other over total control. Kurosawa's first film in five years, Ran had been in the planning stages for twice that long; Kurosawa had storyboarded the project with a series of vivid color paintings that have since been published in book form in England. The battle scenes are staged with such brutal vigor that it's hard to imagine that the director was 75 years old at the time. This 160-minute historical epic won several international awards, but it was not a hit in Japan, and it would be five more years before Kurosawa would be able to finance another picture.

Product Details

Release Date: 02/16/2010
UPC: 0012236107798
Original Release: 1985
Rating: R
Source: LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Language: English
Time: 2:42:00
Sales rank: 2,561

Special Features

Art of the Samurai": interview with a Japanese art-of-war expert; "Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate": Documentary on the director ; "A. K.": Feature-length documentary from director Chris Marker; "The Samurai": Documentary on Samurai art

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Tatsuya Nakadai Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu Jiromasatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryu Saburonaotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki Lady Sue
Masayuki Yui Tango
Hitoshi Ueki Fujimaki
Peter Kyoami
Hisashi Ikawa Kurogane
Takeshi Nomura Tsurumaru,Tsurumaru,Tsurumaru
Jun Tazaki Ayabe
Norio Matsui Ogura
Kenji Kodama Shirane
Binpachi Ito Naganuma
Takeshi Kato Hatakeyama
Hisashi Igawa Shuri Kurogane
Kazuo Katô Kageyu Ikoma
Takashi Watanabe Actor
Takao Zushi Actor,Actor
Tetsuo Yamashita Actor
Akihiko Sugizaki Actor
Masaaki Sasaki Actor
Yoshimitsu Yamaguchi Actor
Masuo Amada Actor
Masaru Sakurai Actor
Sakae Kimura Actor
Hanbei Kawai Actor
Yûichi Hibi Actor
Tokie Kanda Sue's lady in waiting
Sawako Kochi Hidetora's concubine
Kumeko Otowa Sue's lady in waiting
Heihachiro Suzuki Fujimaki's General
Susumu Terajima Foot soldier
Haruko Tôgô Kaede's lady in waiting
Ryûjirô Oki Actor
Daisuke Oka Actor
Toshiya Ito Naganuma
Tôru Takemitsu Composer

Technical Credits
Akira Kurosawa Director,Screenwriter
Masato Ide Screenwriter
Hideo Oguni Screenwriter
Katsumi Furukawa Executive Producer,Producer
Masato Hara Producer
Serge Silberman Producer
Takayuki Goto Sound Effects
Soichi Inoue Sound Effects
Takenori Misawa Sound Effects
Hideo Takeichi Sound Effects
Claude Villand Sound Effects
William Shakespeare Screenwriter
Masato Harada Producer
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