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Release Date:
1 June 1985 (Japan)
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Plot:
An elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him. full summary | full synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 25 wins
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15 nominations
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(17 articles)
Kurosawa's 'Ran' Will Still Find Its Way to Blu-ray
(From Rope Of Silicon. 24 November 2009, 3:38 PM, PST)
What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #6
(From Rope Of Silicon. 30 August 2009, 2:58 AM, PDT)
(From Rope Of Silicon. 24 November 2009, 3:38 PM, PST)
What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #6
(From Rope Of Silicon. 30 August 2009, 2:58 AM, PDT)
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Single. Greatest. Shakespeare. Adaptation. Ever.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Lord Hidetora Ichimonji |
| Akira Terao | ... | Taro Takatora Ichimonji |
| Jinpachi Nezu | ... | Jiro Masatora Ichimonji |
| Daisuke Ryû | ... | Saburo Naotora Ichimonji |
| Mieko Harada | ... | Lady Kaede |
| Yoshiko Miyazaki | ... | Lady Sue |
| Hisashi Igawa | ... | Shuri Kurogane |
| Peter | ... | Kyoami (as Pîtâ) |
| Masayuki Yui | ... | Tango Hirayama |
| Kazuo Kato | ... | Kageyu Ikoma |
| Norio Matsui | ... | Shumenosuke Ogura |
| Toshiya Ito | ... | Mondo Naganuma |
| Kenji Kodama | ... | Samon Shirane |
| Takashi Watanabe | ||
| Mansai Nomura | ... | Tsurumaru (as Takeshi Nomura) |
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Runtime:
162 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Dolby (35 mm prints) |
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Iceland:16 |
South Korea:15 (DVD rating) |
Australia:M (TV rating) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:PG |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Japan:R |
Norway:16 (1985) |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:15 |
UK:12 (video re-rating) (2004) |
UK:15 (original rating) |
UK:15 (video rating) (1986) |
USA:R |
West Germany:12 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec)
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Akira Kurosawa began writing the film 10 years before its release and said that it wasn't originally meant to be based on "King Lear", but came to that during the writing process.
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Hidetora:
What madness have I spoken? Wherein lies my senility?
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji: I'll tell you. What kind of world do we live in? One barren of loyalty and feeling.
Hidetora: I'm aware of that.
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji: So you should be! You spilled an ocean of blood. You showed no mercy, no pity. We too are children of this age... weaned on strife and chaos. We are your sons, yet you count on our fidelity. In my eyes, that makes you a fool. A senile old fool!
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Saburo Naotora Ichimonji: I'll tell you. What kind of world do we live in? One barren of loyalty and feeling.
Hidetora: I'm aware of that.
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji: So you should be! You spilled an ocean of blood. You showed no mercy, no pity. We too are children of this age... weaned on strife and chaos. We are your sons, yet you count on our fidelity. In my eyes, that makes you a fool. A senile old fool!
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Referenced in Ying xiong: Cause - The Birth of Hero (2002) (V)
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How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?Why was Sanburo's jest about the two hares considered offensive?
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Kurosawa, while a great director, isn't somebody whose films I blindly endorse.
However, Ran takes the cake. It easily makes my personal top five films any time I think about it.
The imagery is absolutely stunning, and the dialogue is quite clever. The battle scenes are suitably horrific, and the humor (and yes, there is humor) is subtle enough not to get in the way.
All told, one of the greatest films it's been my privilege to see. I watched it to get the nightmare that was Cold Mountain out of my head, as proof that long movies can actually be epic, as opposed to boring, trite, and predictable.