Ran (1985)
Ran (1985)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Tatsuya Nakadai
Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Akira Terao
Taro Takatora Ichimonji
Jinpachi Nezu
Jiro Masatora Ichimonji
Daisuke Ryū
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Mieko Harada
Lady Kaede
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Lady Sue
Mansai Nomura
Tsurumaru
Hisashi Igawa
Shuri Kurogane
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Kyoami
Masayuki Yui
Tango Hirayama
Kazuo Kato
Kageyu Ikoma
Norio Matsui
Shumenosuke Ogura
Toshiya Ito
Mondo Naganuma
Heihachiro Suzuki
Fujimaki's General
Kenji Kodama
Samon Shirane
Haruko Tōgō
Kaede's lady in waiting
Reiko Nanjo
Hideota's concubine
Tokie Kanda
Sue's lady in waiting
Sawako Kochi
Hidetora's concubine
Kumeko Otowa
Sue's lady in waiting
Takeshi Katō
Koyota Hatakeyama
Jun Tazaki
Seiji Ayabe
Hitoshi Ueki
Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Satoru Fukasaku
(uncredited)
Susumu Terajima
Foot soldier (uncredited)
Akira Kurosawa
Director / Screenplay / Editor / Storyboard Artist
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Masato Hara
Producer
Serge Silberman
Producer
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shôji Ueda
Director of Photography
Masato Ide
Writer
Katsumi Furukawa
Executive Producer
Hisao Kurosawa
Associate Producer / Production Coordinator
Shinobu Muraki
Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Satoru Iseki
Production Manager
Masayuki Motomochi
Unit Production Manager
Teruyo Nogami
Production Manager
Ulrich Picard
Production Manager
Tsutomu Sakurai
Unit Production Manager
Takashi Ōhashi
Production Manager
Bernard Cohn
Assistant Director
Ishirō Honda
Assistant Director
Takashi Koizumi
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 1, 1985
Original Name乱
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 40m
Budget$11,500,005
Box Office$11,859,533
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
Wiki.
Ran (Japanese: 乱, lit. 'chaos or tumult') is a 1985 epic action drama film directed, edited and co-written by Akira Kurosawa. The plot derives from William Shakespeare's King Lear and includes segments based on legends of the daimyō Mōri Motonari. The film stars Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging Sengoku-period warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons.
Like most of Kurosawa's work in the 1970s and 80s, Ran is an international production, in this case a Japanese-French venture produced by Herald Ace, Nippon Herald Films, and Greenwich Film Productions. Production planning went through a long period of preparation. Kurosawa conceived the idea of Ran in the mid-1970s, when he read about Motonari, who was famous for having three highly loyal sons. Kurosawa devised a plot in which the sons become antagonists of their father. Although the film became heavily inspired by Shakespeare's play King Lear, Kurosawa began using it only after he had started preparations for Ran. Following these preparations, Kurosawa filmed Dersu Uzala in 1975, followed by Kagemusha in the early 1980s, before securing financial backing to film Ran.
Ran was Kurosawa's third encounter with Shakespeare during his career. In 1957, Kurosawa directed Throne of Blood, based on Shakespeare's Macbeth. In 1960, he directed the film The Bad Sleep Well, based on Hamlet. Despite the changes in setting and language, all three films have received critical acclaim.
As Kurosawa's last epic, Ran has often been cited as among his finest achievements and is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made. With a budget of $11 million it was the most expensive Japanese film produced up to that time. Ran was previewed on May 31, 1985, at the Tokyo International Film Festival before its release on June 1, 1985, in Japan. The film was hailed for its powerful images and use of color; costume designer Emi Wada won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on Ran, and Kurosawa received his only career nomination for Best Director. The distinctive film score, inspired by Gustav Mahler, was composed by Toru Takemitsu.