Ran, Special Edition 2 Disc
Ran, Special Edition 2 Disc
Ran, Special Edition 2 Disc
Aka:
Land: Japan 1985
Release: USA
Genre: Jidaigeki
Lz: 160 Minuten
Bild: NTSC, 1.85:1, anamorph
Ton: Japanisch DD 2.0
Untertitel: Englisch
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Akira Terao, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki
Directed: Akira Kurosawa
Extras:
Disc 1:
- Audio Commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
- An Appreciation of the film by director Sidney Lumet (Network, Dog Day Afternoon)
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2:
- A.K., a 74-minute film by director Chris Marker (La jetée, Sans soleil), examining the
making of Ran
- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, a 37-minute documentary on the making of Ran, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series
- Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity, a 35-minute video piece reconstructing Ran through Akira Kurosawa’s paintings and sketches
- New video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai
- New essay by film critic Michael Wilmington
- Plus: a 28-page booklet featuring film critic Michael Wilmington and interviews with Kurosawa and composer Toru Takemitsu
Publisher: Criterion (USA)
Regioncode: 1
Product-ID: JCUS102 Availability: In stock |
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Synopsis
With 'Ran', legendary director Akira Kurosawa re-imagines Shakespeare's tragic King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Tatsuya Nakadai stars as Lord Hidetora, a warlord who cedes authority over his vast domin on to his eldest son, setting off a familial power struggle for control of the kingdom. Majestic in scope, Ran is a visual masterpiece in which Kurosawa contrasts the immensity of war with the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.