Ran (1985)

Greatest Film Tearjerking Moments Q - Z (51 movies items)

"The senseless death of loyal son Saburo Naotora Ichimonji (Daisuke Ryu) from a stray bullet as he rode on horseback with his newly-reconciled elderly father Lord Hidetora (Tatsuya Nakadai), who had murmured into his son's ear how hopeful he was of their newfound relationship as father and son; and Hidetora's anguish over the death after Saburo slipped off his horse to the ground."

Ran

“Ran is ostensibly a variation on King Lear, and possibly the greatest film adaptation of the Bard’s play. But it isn’t hard to see Kurosawa empathetically viewing his Lear, here called Lord Ichimonji, as a cipher for his own troubled twenty year existence in Japanese culture.

Kurosawa’s golden period was between 1950 and 1965, beginning with Rashomon and ending with Red Beard, and after that he fell upon hard times. Changing viewpoints in Japanese cultural and artistic identity found him slavish to Western techniques and a relic of an older filmmaking sensibility. Between 1970 and 1993 he made only seven films. Funding was particularly hard to come by and it took him a decade to assemble the funds for Ran.

So when we see the Lord Ichimonji’s fall from a plane o” read more

Yet Another Listal Member's Top 50 Fave Movies (50 movies items)

"Before movies like Crouching Tiger/ Hidden Dragon & Hero came along & added the artistically flair fantasy elements to these types of epic movies, there was Ran. Some of the most beautiful & grand visuals ever in an Akira Kurosawa film. The fact that his name was associated with this project guaranteed this film's sweeping quality. And, the added high budget seemed to compromise his vision not in the slightest. Instead, it seemed to open up the potentiality that Mr. Kurosawa had holding in his a"

Year By Year Of My Favorite Flix (94 movies items)

" Before movies like Crouching Tiger/ Hidden Dragon & Hero came along & added the artistically flair fantasy elements to these types of epic movies, there was Ran. Featuring some of the most beautiful & grand visuals ever in an Akira Kurosawa film. The fact that his name was associated with this project guaranteed this film's sweeping quality. And, the added high budget seemed to compromise his vision not in the slightest. Instead, it seemed to open up the potentiality that Mr. Kurosawa had holdi"

Directors' Favorite Films (327 movies items)

"1 Director: Sidney Lumet"

Academy Award for Best Cinematography: 1980's (51 movies items)

"Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda & Asakazu Nakai "

BEST DIRECTOR (420 movies items)

" Akira Kurosawa for "Ran" (1st nomination)"

SHOULD IT HAVE WON? 1985... POLL (10 movies items)

"milca. Total Votes - 1"

Dark Warrior's Top 100 Movie's Of All Time (107 movies items)

"my rating 2.5=Remarquable "