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Genre/Form: | Foreign films Japanese language films Foreign language films Japanese films Film adaptations War films Samurai films Fiction films Feature films Drama Action and adventure films |
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Material Type: | Videorecording |
Document Type: | Visual material, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
製作ヘラルド・エース, グリニッチ・フィルム・プロダクション ; 脚本黒澤明, 小國英雄, 井出雅人 ; エクゼクティブ・プロデューサー古川勝巳 ; プロデューサーセルジュ・シルベルマン, 原正人 ; 監督黒澤明. 黒澤明, 仲代達也, 寺尾聰, 根津甚八, 隆大介. 原田美枝子, 宮崎美子, ピーター, 加藤和夫, 加藤武, 田崎潤, 植木等, 原正人. 小國英雄, 井手雅人, 斎藤孝雄, 上田正治, 中井朝一, 武満徹. 古川勝巳. ; ; Akira Kurosawa; Tatsuya Nakadai; Akira Terao; Jinpachi Nezu; Daisuke Ryu; Mieko Harada; Yoshiko Miyazaki; Takeshi Nomura; Hisashi Igawa; Pītā; Masayuki Yui; Kenji Kodama; Toshiya Itō; Norio Matsui; Kazuo Katō; Takeshi Katō; Jun Tazaki; Hitoshi Ueki; Serge Silberman; Masato Hara; Hideo Oguni; Masato Ide; Takao Saitō; Shōji Ueda; Asakazu Nakai; Tōru Takemitsu; Stephen Prince; Sidney Lumet; Chris Marker; Michael Wilmington; Katsumi Furukawa; William Shakespeare; Greenwich Film Production S.A.,; Herald Ace Inc.,; Nippon Herald Films,; Criterion Collection (Firm), |
ISBN: | 1559409665 9781559409667 |
OCLC Number: | 62257105 |
Language Note: | Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles; credits in Japanese, English, and French. |
Notes: | Based on "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. "A Serge Silberman production for Herald Ace Inc., Nippon Herald Films Inc. (Tokyo), and Greenwich Film Production (Paris)"--Closing credits. Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1985. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: Disc 1: audio commentary by film scholar Stephen Prince; an appreciation of the film by director Sidney Lumet; theatrical trailers; Disc 2: "A.K.", a 74-minute film by director Chris Marker; a 30-minute documentary on the making of 'Ran', part of the "Toho Masterworks" series "Akira Kurosawa: It is wonderful to create"; a 35-minute video piece reconstructing 'Ran' through Kurosawa's paintings and sketches, created as part of the series "Image: Kurosawa's continuity"; new video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai; a 28-page booklet featuring film critic Michael Wilmington and interviews with Kurosawa and composer Toru Takemitsu. |
Credits: | Directors of photography, Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Toru Takemitsu ; DVD producer, Kim Hendrickson. |
Cast: | Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Peter, Takeshi Nomura, Hisashi Ikawa [that is, Igawa], Masayuki Yui, Kenji Kodama, Toshiya Ito, Norio Matsui, Kazuo Kato, Takeshi Kato, Jun Tazaki, Hitoshi Ueki. |
Awards: | Academy Awards, 1986: Winner: Best Costume Design; Nominated: Best Director (Kurosawa), Best Cinematography. |
Description: | 2 videodiscs (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
Details: | DVD; NTSC, region 1; 1.85:1 aspect ratio, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs; Dolby Digital stereo. |
Contents: | Disc 1. The film -- disc 2. The supplements. |
Series Title: | Criterion collection, 316. |
Other Titles: | A.K. Ran (Motion picture) |
Responsibility: | seisaku Herarudo Ēsu, Gurinitchi Firumu Purodakushon ; kyakuhon Kurosawa Akira, Oguni Hideo, Ide Masato ; eguzekyutibu purodyūsā Furukawa Katsumi ; purodyūsā Seruju Shiruberuman, Hara Masato ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira. |
Abstract:
An aging warlord decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles. The two eldest sons are quite happy, but the youngest thinks his father has gone mad, and predicts that it won't be long until the two older brothers are fighting with each other.
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