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Ran [videorecording (DVD)].

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Wellspring Media, 2003.

Ran (Motion picture)

English drama -- 17th century -- Film adaptations.

Fathers and sons -- Drama.

Criterion collection 316.

Video Difference legacy collection.

9780794203368 (2003 Wellspring Masterworks ed.)

0794203361(2003 Wellspring Masterworks ed.)

Alternate title:

Akira Kurosawa's Ran [videorecording (DVD)].

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 (or) 2 videodisc(s) (160 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on "King Lear" by William Shakespeare.

Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1985.

Special features (Wellspring Masterworks ed.): Commentary track with Peter Grilli ; commentary track with Stephen Prince ; subtitle control ; restoration demo ; European trailer ; home video trailer ; filmography ; production notes ; weblinks.

Special features (Criterion Collection 2-Disc Special ed.): Disc 1: The film: 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: The Supplements: A.K., a 74-minute film by director Chris Marker, 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 Kurosawaâ€TMs paintings and sketches ; new video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai ; new essay by film critic Michael Wilmington.

In Japanese (5.1 Surround and mono.) with optional English subtitles.

Screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide ; produced by Serge Silberman and Masato Hara ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; cinematography, Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitô, Masaharu Ueda ; original music, Toru Takemitsu.

Tatsuya Nakadai in the role of Hidetora with Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki and Peter.

"Akira Kurosawa's brilliantly conceived retelling of King Lear combines Japanese history and Shakespeare's plot with the director's own feelings about loyalty and betrayal. In 16th century Japan, the aging Lord Hidetora (Tatsuya Nakadai) passes the decree that his land be divided among his three children. Blinded by the false flattery of his two older songs, he banishes his younger son for speaking the truth. The remaining heirs, driven by power and greed, wage war upon each other. A broken man, Hidetora descends into madness while death and destruction threaten the survival of the kingdom."--Container.

Academy Award winner, Best Costume Design.

Best Film of the Year, National Society of Film Critics.

Best Foreign Film: NY Film Critics Circle, National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics.

Japanese films.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear. Film adaptations.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998

Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-

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