Ran [videorecording] /Serge Silberman and Katsumi Furukawa present ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide ; produced by Serge Silberman and Masato Hara ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; Greenwich Film Production S. A., Herald Ace Inc., Nippon Herald Films Inc.
Contributor(s): Nakadai, Tatsuya | Terao, Akira | Nezu, Jinpachi | Ryu, Daisuke | Harada, Mieko | Miyazaki, Yoshiko | Nomura, Takeshi | Silberman, Serge | Furukawa, Katsumi | Kurosawa, Akira | Oguni, Hideo | Ide, Masato | Hara, Masato | Takemitsu, Tōru | Shakespeare, William. King Lear | Wellspring Media | Greenwich Film Production S.A | Herald Ace Inc | Nippon Herald Films.
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Visual materialPublisher: New York : Wellspring Media, 2003, c1985Edition: Widescreen format; masterworks ed.Description: 1 videodisc (160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 0794203361.Other title: Akira Kurosawa's Ran [Title on container and disc:].Subject(s): Fathers and sons -- Drama | Kings and rulers -- Drama | Loyalty -- Drama | Japan -- History -- 1185-1868 -- DramaGenre/Form: DVD-Video discs. | Feature films. | Film adaptations. | Historical films. | Epic films.DDC classification: [Fic] | 895.6/35 Adult Follett Library Resources
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround or mono. in Japanese; Dolby stereo. in English for commentary tracks.
Soundtrack in Japanese; subtitles in English.
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Takeshi Nomura.
Directors of photography, Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda ; music by Toru Takemitsu.
Based on Shakespeare's King Lear.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Includes optional audio commentaries in English, trailers, filmography, production notes, restoration demo, weblinks.
In 16th century Japan, an aging ruler attempts to divide his kingdom among his three sons. They turn against each other and betray their father, triggering events that ultimately shatter the kingdom, destroy the family, and drive their father insane.
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