Ran by Akira Kurosawa Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Ran
Book Review: daddy dearest gets HIS!
Summary: 5 Stars
one of akira kurosawas last films returns him to the world of shakespeare, here in a japanese adaptation of "king lear". while not slavishly faithful (the gender roles are most notably switched), the movie does catch most of the set pieces and does them quite well. the to-be-expected spectacular battle scenes are there, but the core is the bewilderment and fury set off by hubris and betrayal on many fronts. for people who claim to hate shakespeare, or to hate subtitles, if this one doesnt grab you, nothing will.
Book Review: a very good one but also a very painful and sad saga
Summary: 5 Stars
adapted from 'the tempest' and 'king lear'. similar to 'the lion in winter'. the movie is a little bit too long, but well done through and through. it happened in every nation's history and it's still happening nowadays around the world. now you know why queen elizabeth in england never let go of her sovereignty to prince charles or prince wales or whoever next to take over her kingdom, no matter it's just a symbolized kingship or queenship. never let go before you die. she indeed learned well from shakespear(?) and, she might have watched and read all the above mentioned dramas or movies too. Book Review: A World of Blood and Madness
Summary: 5 Stars
Tatsuya Nakadai's performance in Ran is as ratcheted-up as the cinematic beauty of this look at a world of blood, taking us to the very brink of madness. It is a film about loss, betrayal, filial impiety, war, hate, hungry ghosts.
When released, the West heaved a sigh of relief: Kurosawa back and as magnificent as ever!
Sweeping away all hype and hyperbole is hard to do. I see this as a very expressionist-realist film. But, forget what I said! And, don't compare it to Shakespeare! At least, not at first. This is cinema.
Visually stunning, stylized acting producing a counter-point to the genuine emotions, a distanced camera giving us a long shot at a world hell-bent on self-destruction...changes of scale that intensify meaning: closeups of wildflowers, and a long shot of a burning castle.
Kurosawa built the enormous castle and had it burned for mere moments on film. But, what moments!
Book Review: Ran
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this movie with my sister-in-law when I was a child and enjoyed it back then. Needless to say, I wanted to add it to my collection of good movies.Book Review: Movie Review: Ran
Summary: 5 Stars
It is the story in the Warring State Period in Japan. One day, Hidetora, who is the lord in a province and has three castles, talked his children to give them his patrimony suddenly. He also told his children the story that three arrows because he hopes they support each other to govern to flourish the province. However, his third son, Saburo, opposed that, He thought some conflict would happened between children to monopolize their patrimony if father gave them his patrimony. Although Saburo opposed Hidetora's suggestion, he did not listen to him, and he was angry. Therefore, Saburo was forsaken by Hidetora. One of guests, Fujimaki, who saw the quarrel between Hidetora and Saburo, favored Saburo. Then he invited his castle as his son - in - law. While Saburo is invited by Fujimaki, other two children plot to start fighting. Though, their father, Hidetora lived in the first castle which was given Ichiro, he was treated badly from both of his children. Moreover, he was attacked by them, it means he was betrayed from his children. Finally, he understand Saburo was right, but it is too late. He became crazy when two of his follower found him. The follower left one person and went to Fujimaki's Castle to call Saburo. Saburo went to seek his father with many soldiers. Jiro who is second son of Hidetora heard Saburo is coming to get Hidetora and afraid of Saburo's invading. Jiro followed his army to prepare the war. Then, he tried to kill Saburo when he went to seek Hidetora. However, Saburo was really smart because he makes hide his soldiers who have guns. Jiro was trapped Saburo's strategy and he finally lost the war. Then, Saburo found Hidetora and he went back with his father. However, the last tragedy happened. Saburo was shot by someone, and died when he went back his castle. And then, Hidetora also died after Saburo died.
The movie is described about the relationship between human very well. The struggle of parent's inherits also happen today. It is not only showing old time era but also today's inherit problems. Inheritance makes change relationships between people even they were very close before. The movie was drawn the look of that father became an insane very well. Although I have never watched Akira Kurosawa's movie, I felt his skill of an expression of people's feeling is awesome! i have never seen such a good movie of period play. I understand why he is a famous around the world watching through his movie, Ran.