Ran
Ran
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2h 42m
Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1985 • Japan
Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu
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.
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RAN Commentary
This commentary feautres Stephen Prince, author of “The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa.”
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Sidney Lumet on RAN
Sidney Lumet, the director of such classic as 12 ANGRY MEN (1957), LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (1962), THE PAWNBROKER (1964), SERPICO (1973), DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975), and NETWORK (1976), among many others, discusses Akira Kurosawa and his achievement in RAN. He was interviewed in New York City...
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A.K.
Director Chris Marker, best known as an originator of the essay-film format and for his singular works LA JETÉE (1962) and SANS SOLEIL (1983), was given unprecedented access to Akira Kurosawa on the slopes of Mount Fuji. The result in an insightful portrait of a master filmmaker at work.
