Akira.Kurosawa.Ran.1985.DVDR.2DiSC.D2.DVD9.CRiTERiON-316.nfo
RAN (1985)
AKAs:
Revolt (International: English title)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881/
User Rating: 8.3/10 30,526 votes
Top 250: #139
Criterion Collection # 316
http://www.criterion.com/films/754
DVD Release Date: November 22, 2005
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Description:
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
READ:
Ran: Apocalypse Song
by Michael Wilmington
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/402-ran-apocalypse-song
Format: NTSC
DVD Size: 7.69 + 6.93 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 160 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 | Anamorphic
Sound (main feature): Japanese DD2.0
Subtitles: optional English
DISC FEATURES:
# New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
# Audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Prince.
# An appreciation of the film by director Sidney Lumet.
# A.K., a 74-minute film by director Chris Marker.
# A 30-minute documentary on the making of Ran, from the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create.
# A 35-minute video piece reconstructing Ran through Kurosawa?s paintings and sketches, created as part of the series Image: Kurosawa's Continuity.
# Video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai.
# Theatrical trailers.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.
# Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Wilmington and interviews with Kurosawa and composer Toru Takemitsu.
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