RAN

JAPAN, FRANCE | 1985 | COLOR | DCP | 162’ | JAPANESE

Kurosawa's most famous film and one that unites generations of cinephiles over (and beyond) a six-decade career. It seems incredible, even today, that a filmmaker at 75, after a life of such emotional turmoil, not only decides on an adaptation of Shakespeare's “King Lear”, but realizes it to unimaginably epic (aesthetically and financially) proportions. The result marks one of cinema's most dynamic artistic "comebacks", a film that has captivated audiences and critics by speaking as much about old age, power, revenge and the meaning of life as it does about a Japan perhaps never again cinematically similar. Universal aesthetics, handcrafted in the twilight of a cinema era, a monumental moment in the history of the medium.

DIRECTOR: Akira Kurosawa
SCREENWRITERS: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
DoP: Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai
MUSIC: Toru Takemitsu
EDITOR: Akira Kurosawa
PRINCIPAL CAST: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu Mieko Harada, Peter, Hisashi Igawa, Yoshiko Miyazaki

AKIRA KUROSAWA
Japanese filmmaker, legend of world cinema. He was recognized more than any of his Asian counterparts and had an overall and profound influence on Western film culture. 30 films, a multi-award winning body of work (Oscar, Golden Lion, Golden Palm, among others), a legendary 16-film collaboration with Toshiro Mifune, a life and work that marked globally the artistry of the 20th century.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED)
1990 Dreams 
1985 Ran 
1970 Dodes’ka-den 
1965 Red Beard 
1963 High and Low 
1961 Yojimbo 
1960 The Bad Sleep Well 
1958 The Hidden Fortress 
1957 Throne of Blood 
1954 Seven Samurai 
1952 Ikiru 
1951 The Idiot 
1950 Rashomon