I know this is a Ran video, but could someone please tell me why Seven Samurai is so considered a masterpiece? Apart from all the fighting that goes on, what else happens..? Is there a great story to it?
The story is pretty good to start with, but mainly the way he films scenes were so revolutionary at the time which we see often now, such as multiple cameras - filing one scene with 2,3 cameras at once then editing them together etc .
this one of the best movies ever made. So much wisdom in only 2 1/2 hours, I recommend this movie to everyone, because it shows much about humanity, especially the darker side in us. the movie is about life, death, war, revenge, greed, pride and senseless killing. And of course it includes the beautiful Japanese landscape, epic battle scenes and impressive acting. And the best part... Akira Kurosawa was the Director :)
@ladyaurora777 and he made the film with 70 years!! if dersu represents humanity ran in the other way represents no humanity at all,chaos destruction and power is a very dramatic movie, but never someone has represents drama with so much beauty.....
@drchepa I probably used the wrong (sorry for my bad English). I was trying to say Ran is about mankind and that we are an aggressive species and that although the movie sets in ca. 16 century in Japan it is still true today. Some people think of nothing but power. They don't care who's hurt and how senseless it is. Why would we have still war if we weren't greedy like Taro and Jiro? That's why Ran makes me sad, because its message is true until today. And I agree it is a beautiful movie
one of the most dramatic and best pictures of all time, today in a world of computers you can do it with CGI, back in 1985 kurosawa was in mount fuji waiting patiently for the wind just for move the flags in the battle scene, incredible......
i had the rare treat of watching ran last week with nakadai tatsuya (who played the "king" hidetora in this film)..he told me that it was the first time in 20+ years that he had seen ran, which tells me that he doesn't watch his own films much..it dawned on me that, at 77 years of age, it may have been the last time nakadai will ever watch this film again...an incredibly sad thought, but if in fact that turns out to be the case, i'm happy to have been there with him for the final showing.
@drchepa Yes, I was. Even luckier that I'll be seeing him again at his Mumeijuku office in Tokyo this December...I've seen around 20-25 films in which Nakadai starred, so believe me, I know the caliber of this man's talents. He is THE last great Japanese actor, IMO.
I saw this way back when I was a little kid. I think I was 8 yrs old and I sat through it for 3 hours by myself without any adults. Then I got preoccupied with death immediately after that. I eventually asked my dad how it felt to die. Then he got mad at me.
знаете ,есть такая придча, сказка,что послужила прототипом Королю Лиру : Было у Короля три дочери, он их испытывал,:как Вы дочери меня любите ,,,,, младшая говорит :как соль. Кто есть Шекспир? в какой то мере плагиатор,талантливый .
@invarberg You know the pridcha, a fairy tale that was the inspiration King Lear: There was a King's three daughters, he felt them,: as you love me daughter ,,,,, junior says: as salt. Who is Shakespeare? to some degree a plagiarist, and talented
Anyone who finds Kurosawa boring should be watching the latest shoot'em-all Hollywood action flick and be better served. Kurosawa requires more than two neurons, Chip and Dale, making a synapse. He is about subtlety, delicateness, even though he can be brutal. And absolutely NO ONE comes even close to matching his formal rigor and visual compositions. He is invariably awesome!
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This was some of the interesting scenes in the movie but this movie got many boring moments. The end of the movie was just a lot of horses being moved around.
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It's Shakespear... it's supposed to be boring... King Lear I believe... many battles at one time were just for show... you can see it in African "staging"... then combat ensued until "acceptable losses" were produced...
"Just a lot of horses being moved around"? @killbill402, what are you talking about? "Ran" ends with a shocking metaphor that sums up the film, but I won't describe it so that it doesn't spoil the impact for those who haven't seen it yet. I'll only say that the scene has to do with fall and helplessness.
the most graphic samurai flick. the battle scenes were amazing akira kurosawa did a fine job. the samurai armies in battle formation and the gory scenes of Samurai with dozens of arrows in them this is probably the most historicly correct samurai film do to it's athentic war scenes.
it's not shakespeare.. its Akira Kurosawa, it just happens to be based on King Lear... and I've read king lear and I must say, they have their major differences
@TheDanseSociety yeah, and akira kurosawa made this movie when he was half blind. AND HE GOT AN OSCAR NOMINATION FOR BEST DIRECTOR!!!!!!!!!!! THATS AMAZING!
One the greatest epic adventures ever witnessed on film! I`ve been meaning to ask my Japanese gillfriend if she felt some sympathy toward Bhuddist phylosophy led Kurosawa to the creation of this masterpiece, rather than some supposed remake of King Lear. I don`t believe it to be the latter.
When i watched it never looked at it at the buddhist perspective. I thought the meaning of the film was about speaking truth, hidden motives. I also read that during the screening his wife died, and supposedly he still carried on filming. Thats probably why its is one of the most sorrowful movies ever made
Funny how you see the Bhuddist theme in this masterpiece, which indeed is based on King Lear, from the protagonist's vanity, self indulgence and blindness to his sons' temporal lust for power to his blindness to the truth and temporal needs of others (represented by the brutal honesty and loyalty of the good son, or Cordelia in the case of Lear), the blind flutist who sees the truth (Gloucester), redemption and the tragedy to temporal attachment...the question is was Shakespear a Buddhist...
Kurosawa actually said when he first came up with the idea of Ran, he was inspired by the legendary story of a famous Samurai Mori Motonari who had 3 sons and said to perfomed the 3 arrows story. In his case, those 3 sons actually worked in harmony to make their kingdom strong, but Kurosawa thought, "What if?". It had nothing to do with Shakespear.
He also said, "when I started to develop the script, had no idea the resemblance to King Lear" Japan has many father-sons stories from old times such as this from as early as 6th CE. I guess Kurosawa was being nice to western audiences to think its inspired by the King Lear.
The man was a great director, and this is an amazing film. But don't put him on a pedestal like that, there is NO WAY he went into this project having spent ten years storyboarding every shot with no idea of the resemblance to King Lear and then turned around to hypocritically flatter us silly westerners like Jiro and Taro did their father. Tsurumaru is Gloucester for fuck's sake, he even parallels the subplots of King Lear. Doesn't make it any less of a masterpiece in its own right.
@Npowell01, let's separate things: whether or not, and to what extent he used or was inspired by "King Lear" is irrelevant (personally, I remember there was even the famous line "as flies to wanton boys..." spoken by the buffoon near the end). What matters is that he made a real masterpiece (and that when he was about 80 years old!), that is beyond dispute and hovers about any Byzantine discussions.
Oh, there's no doubt about that this film is a masterpiece, I just believe in paying credit where credit is due. I just don't like it when I see these Japanophiles online who put everything remotely Japanese up on this pedestal while dismissing any western influences. Like what you like, but pay fair respects to all inspirations, I say.
And truthfully, there are so many characters similar to Tsurumaru in Japanese ancient stories. Sons of Lords sworn for revenge kept appearing again and again in the stories from the time long before Shakespear was born. But I can easily imagine Kurosawa noticing the similarities on the way to develop his script, and constructed it with influence of Shakespear. Somehow, those were the words Kurosawa said and I have no idea what he meant. By the way, Kurosawa loved Shakespear.
Hi, I wrote as Kurosawa said in a Japanese Magazine, and I'm no Japanophile, but a Japanese. lol
If you watch a Noh theater, there is a form called Kyogen= comedy. Tsurumaru is a Kyogenshi. I had no intension of dissing western influence, there are a lot of similarity in British and Japanese theater arts and traditions. in the movie Ran, there are elements that only those with knowledge in Japanese arts can understand, i only wanted to inform those so that everyone can see them.
I think he was deeply affected with the phylosophy of Noh theater scripts before Buddhism behinde those scripts. The costume, make ups, a crown called Kyo-ami's name, Ami is name for Noh actors traditionaly, as well as the perspective of the world.
I dunno. I recall an interview Kurosawa gave around the time of the release of Kagemusha, in which he said he was trying to raise money for a film based on King Lear. Kurosawa was certainly very familiar with Shakespeare's work. I doubt very much he only realized later that Ran just happened to resemble KL in plot and theme.
I watched this movie years ago when I didn't understand it that well(I was probably 16). I really want to watch it again because I feel I can fully appreciate this beautiful movie now.
i beleive this movie is. but i havnt seen this one all the way through nore have i read king lear. but i watched the first 30 minutes here on youtube and i was hookeed cant find time to watch it all.
I saw this movie in the movie theater when 11 years old . It was the first movie for me. I was overwhelmed to the battle scene of this movie. I selected Akira Kurosawa at once, additionally, all other history play in Japan looked like garbage. In Kurosawa's movie, there was a detail drawing in all things. I found the similar one to Sam Peckinpah's or Luchino Visconti's movie afterwards. However, Kurosawa's Ran was the first experience .
You may be able to relate to what is going on in political world - competent ruler - cannot always rely on adviser - there's a scene about greed, revenge, stubbornness and arrogance... all depicted - a MASTER PIECE!!!
Truly a Masterpiece!! I cannot measure up any film I have ever seen in the same way as Ran. Its message about greed and the recklessness of power in humankind rings true to this day and will continue to even tomorrow. Kurosawa is the Shakespeare of film-making. As he said of the film himself it was 'a sieres of events as viewed from heaven'.
This is probably one of my favorite films of all times. It redefines epic. Epic in scale, epic in emotion, epic in image and cinematography, epic in musical score. It's simply unparalleled.
I agree, it is "deep" on many levels, almost spiritual. I think it was natural for Kurosawa to identify Japanese cultural elements that perfectly mirrored the themes found in feudal, Shakespearean England. RAN is a timeless masterpiece.
"Ran" was one of the Great movie experiences of my life. Majestic in scale, inredible story telling and just absolutely gorgeous cinematography. I can still remember sitting inside a small darken movie theater years ago watching this most magnificent film with it's incredible action sequences spread out across the screen vibrant and lush with colors. The scene in which the castle burns as Lord Hidetora walks down the steep steps remains one of the greatest shots in film history. Incredible!!!
i prefer ran than kagemusha, kagemusha is a little bit comercial for me, ran in other hand is much more deeper and better done"bigger in scale" but both for me are very very good movies, today's are simply pathetic....
You must be referring to Seven Samurai. Ran is an adaptation of King Lear by Shakespeare. Also, Throne of Blood, another Kurosawa film, is an adaptation of Macbeth.
Esta película simplemente es perfecta. El mejor trabajo de Akira Kurosawa, era un genio, un artista, uno de los directores más grandiosos que ha dado el mundo.
Es mi película favorita de todos los tiempos. El cine etsá divido en Ran y todas las demás. Ja.Ja.
Ran es una adaptacion del Rey lear de shakespeare, tanto merito no tiene kurosawa por esto, aunque la pelicula es genial, en mi opinión, no es la mejor de todos los tiempos
aunque sus peliculas son muy buenas, tanto que por Rashoumon fue por lo que existe el oscar a mejor pelicula estranjera, que fue creado para poder premiar esa pelicula
The tone and feeling of this trailer reminds so much of Hayao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke". Especially the hog in the beginning and the gun shooting at 1:05.
i saw this film in the buy 2 for £20 at choices here and having seen Seven Samurai a few weeks before and wanting to see more of Akira Kurosawa's work i instantly took this.
and yes it is a masterpiece for Akira Kurosawa's last film. I highly recommend this film :)
Popmatters did a feature on the "Top 50 Films every Film Lover should own." Ran was one of them. You can buy it on Amazon, but it isn't easy to find. There's a new package coming out on 8/21
the fog the music the performances the battle scenes everything is superb in this masterpiece! and one thing that akira made very well 'the silences. TRAGEDIA EN ESTADO PURO....
I saw this film many times and keep coming back to it again and again. There is a hypnotic, haunting quality that captures the best of literature translated onto the screen. You can spot the work of great artists right away.
This movie is perfection. I have never seen a more perfect movie. It is not more famous, only because it is a tragedy. But, it is a perfect tragedy -- better than Shakespeare's King Lear. It is a perfect tragedy. Rico Y Guapo.
Akira Kurosawa Influenced some of the greatest directors including George Lucas, Martin Scorcese, & Francis Ford Coppola. Ran is considered a master piece by fans and critics alike. And I personally was simply amazed after viewing this Film for the first time; and remain astonished the more I learn about film making and being a Director.
The best looking movie I've ever seen.
redcthulhu 1 year ago
lol
moomoo4you 1 year ago
Shakespeare at its best.
sapperzulu 1 year ago
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yamadago 1 year ago
@yamadago RAN means Chaos. Learn first, then speak.
510DAZY 1 year ago
@510DAZY
yaya,sucker.
yamadago 1 year ago
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yamadago 1 year ago
@yamadago It's yojimbo..
Lilrebel616 1 year ago
wy the scene at the bigining dos not show the animal kiled?
epicvlas 1 year ago
Death before dishonor !
idonahari1 1 year ago
@juniorjackasses of Mr Kurosawas movies id say Ikiru was my favorite. seven samurai and dreams are very close though.
FeigningPatriot 1 year ago
I know this is a Ran video, but could someone please tell me why Seven Samurai is so considered a masterpiece? Apart from all the fighting that goes on, what else happens..? Is there a great story to it?
BunchofMovieVideos 1 year ago
@BunchofMovieVideos
The story is pretty good to start with, but mainly the way he films scenes were so revolutionary at the time which we see often now, such as multiple cameras - filing one scene with 2,3 cameras at once then editing them together etc .
oOIMKDIOo 1 year ago
this one of the best movies ever made. So much wisdom in only 2 1/2 hours, I recommend this movie to everyone, because it shows much about humanity, especially the darker side in us. the movie is about life, death, war, revenge, greed, pride and senseless killing. And of course it includes the beautiful Japanese landscape, epic battle scenes and impressive acting. And the best part... Akira Kurosawa was the Director :)
ladyaurora777 1 year ago
@ladyaurora777 and he made the film with 70 years!! if dersu represents humanity ran in the other way represents no humanity at all,chaos destruction and power is a very dramatic movie, but never someone has represents drama with so much beauty.....
drchepa 1 year ago
@drchepa I probably used the wrong (sorry for my bad English). I was trying to say Ran is about mankind and that we are an aggressive species and that although the movie sets in ca. 16 century in Japan it is still true today. Some people think of nothing but power. They don't care who's hurt and how senseless it is. Why would we have still war if we weren't greedy like Taro and Jiro? That's why Ran makes me sad, because its message is true until today. And I agree it is a beautiful movie
ladyaurora777 1 year ago
OH i watched this movie on like, ...idr what channel xD but it was goood, but sad too =(
chidoriookami 1 year ago
wel its bit needed more knowledge that pigs eat all like corpses.
ilgvars2 1 year ago
one of the most dramatic and best pictures of all time, today in a world of computers you can do it with CGI, back in 1985 kurosawa was in mount fuji waiting patiently for the wind just for move the flags in the battle scene, incredible......
drchepa 1 year ago
i had the rare treat of watching ran last week with nakadai tatsuya (who played the "king" hidetora in this film)..he told me that it was the first time in 20+ years that he had seen ran, which tells me that he doesn't watch his own films much..it dawned on me that, at 77 years of age, it may have been the last time nakadai will ever watch this film again...an incredibly sad thought, but if in fact that turns out to be the case, i'm happy to have been there with him for the final showing.
sanjuniban 1 year ago
@sanjuniban nakadai is one of the last great actors in japan, you were lucky to talk with him!.....
drchepa 1 year ago
@drchepa Yes, I was. Even luckier that I'll be seeing him again at his Mumeijuku office in Tokyo this December...I've seen around 20-25 films in which Nakadai starred, so believe me, I know the caliber of this man's talents. He is THE last great Japanese actor, IMO.
sanjuniban 1 year ago
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sanjuniban 1 year ago
This movie is much much more than a beautiful cinematography this is a peak 20th century artistic creation
Bibilezoive 1 year ago
watching il maestro kurosawa mouvies is like watching a live painting..... what a genius!!!
simolui 1 year ago
The greatest films of the 1980s.
Score by Toru Takemitsu.
sutircomed 1 year ago
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m00nm4st3r 1 year ago
I saw this way back when I was a little kid. I think I was 8 yrs old and I sat through it for 3 hours by myself without any adults. Then I got preoccupied with death immediately after that. I eventually asked my dad how it felt to die. Then he got mad at me.
MaximilianMontesa 1 year ago 2
@MaximilianMontesa did he spank you?
BornToDie90 1 year ago
@BornToDie90 No, he didn't. But he did gave me "The Look". Then it was settled.
MaximilianMontesa 1 year ago
Some great still shots here, one of the best movies of modern times IMO.
JacksonJackieJack 1 year ago
amazing movie...
cataloni10 1 year ago
I saw this over the weekend with my dad
Interesting movie
stuwiitube 1 year ago
I type in some random letters and I get this!!!
dylanfishface 1 year ago
знаете ,есть такая придча, сказка,что послужила прототипом Королю Лиру : Было у Короля три дочери, он их испытывал,:как Вы дочери меня любите ,,,,, младшая говорит :как соль. Кто есть Шекспир? в какой то мере плагиатор,талантливый .
invarberg 1 year ago
@invarberg You know the pridcha, a fairy tale that was the inspiration King Lear: There was a King's three daughters, he felt them,: as you love me daughter ,,,,, junior says: as salt. Who is Shakespeare? to some degree a plagiarist, and talented
invarberg 1 year ago
thank god kurosawa didn't live enough to see CGI.....
drchepa 1 year ago
amazing movie!
belissimo film!
siemr3 1 year ago
Woah... I still haven't seen this film! :O
*makes MUST SEE mental note*
Keruaran 1 year ago
war, death, killings, that´s human beings In a nutshell
mutamiltu 1 year ago 3
何これ、めちゃくちゃカッコイイじゃないか
penkamome 1 year ago
One of the greats for sure.
msteras 1 year ago 2
this movie was amazing.
Stefanoitch 1 year ago 3
Anyone who finds Kurosawa boring should be watching the latest shoot'em-all Hollywood action flick and be better served. Kurosawa requires more than two neurons, Chip and Dale, making a synapse. He is about subtlety, delicateness, even though he can be brutal. And absolutely NO ONE comes even close to matching his formal rigor and visual compositions. He is invariably awesome!
goytabr 1 year ago 6
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Ran was boring but it had some nice cinematography.
manboy1 2 years ago
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than217 2 years ago
Where was this amaing movie filmed?
joooachim 2 years ago
As far as I know it was all filmed in Japan.
audgeyp 2 years ago
@audgeyp and france
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@audgeyp and france
salma4621 1 year ago
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This was some of the interesting scenes in the movie but this movie got many boring moments. The end of the movie was just a lot of horses being moved around.
killbill402 2 years ago
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It's Shakespear... it's supposed to be boring... King Lear I believe... many battles at one time were just for show... you can see it in African "staging"... then combat ensued until "acceptable losses" were produced...
robbyperez 2 years ago
"Just a lot of horses being moved around"? @killbill402, what are you talking about? "Ran" ends with a shocking metaphor that sums up the film, but I won't describe it so that it doesn't spoil the impact for those who haven't seen it yet. I'll only say that the scene has to do with fall and helplessness.
goytabr 1 year ago
A masterwork. Use of color and landscape that utterly shames the Peter Jacksons and Steven Spielbergs of the world.
InsidiousDreamer 2 years ago 33
@InsidiousDreamer, and that without using any computer effects!
goytabr 1 year ago
@InsidiousDreamer Your insane!!!
AwwwMuffin 1 year ago
@InsidiousDreamer
The difference between PJ and Kurosawa is genius but also age and experience. Kurosawa was 75 when he made this film.
Wien1938 1 year ago
the most graphic samurai flick. the battle scenes were amazing akira kurosawa did a fine job. the samurai armies in battle formation and the gory scenes of Samurai with dozens of arrows in them this is probably the most historicly correct samurai film do to it's athentic war scenes.
Yojimbo13david 2 years ago 5
EPICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
and lol at people saying it isn't Shakespeare.
Parnellcakes 2 years ago 4
it's not shakespeare.. its Akira Kurosawa, it just happens to be based on King Lear... and I've read king lear and I must say, they have their major differences
MetaOracle 2 years ago
this trailer is really cheap. At least the original score makes it a bit better.
Balthasar00101 2 years ago
shakespeare is the dope, period
NebPWN 2 years ago
MASTERPIECE
ansaka12 2 years ago 5
masterpiece!!
alwin2001 2 years ago 5
Akira Kurosawa is a genius. All of his movies are great!
TheWhistleCollector 2 years ago 5
one of the best movies of all time. the cinemography is just mind-blowing...
TheDanseSociety 2 years ago 28
@TheDanseSociety yeah, and akira kurosawa made this movie when he was half blind. AND HE GOT AN OSCAR NOMINATION FOR BEST DIRECTOR!!!!!!!!!!! THATS AMAZING!
underbightdog23 1 year ago
@TheDanseSociety That's funny!
guitarslim56 1 year ago
Japanese version of King Lear, Magnifique!!!!!
unsere 2 years ago 3
One the greatest epic adventures ever witnessed on film! I`ve been meaning to ask my Japanese gillfriend if she felt some sympathy toward Bhuddist phylosophy led Kurosawa to the creation of this masterpiece, rather than some supposed remake of King Lear. I don`t believe it to be the latter.
dingane19 2 years ago
It's not supposed. It's fact. He's done many Shakespeare stories.
godsizedhole 2 years ago
When i watched it never looked at it at the buddhist perspective. I thought the meaning of the film was about speaking truth, hidden motives. I also read that during the screening his wife died, and supposedly he still carried on filming. Thats probably why its is one of the most sorrowful movies ever made
larsnordmark 2 years ago
Funny how you see the Bhuddist theme in this masterpiece, which indeed is based on King Lear, from the protagonist's vanity, self indulgence and blindness to his sons' temporal lust for power to his blindness to the truth and temporal needs of others (represented by the brutal honesty and loyalty of the good son, or Cordelia in the case of Lear), the blind flutist who sees the truth (Gloucester), redemption and the tragedy to temporal attachment...the question is was Shakespear a Buddhist...
testicularfortitude1 2 years ago
no shakespeare wasn't a buddhist, but akira kurosawa was the master.
fonzi0was0cool 2 years ago 2
Kurosawa actually said when he first came up with the idea of Ran, he was inspired by the legendary story of a famous Samurai Mori Motonari who had 3 sons and said to perfomed the 3 arrows story. In his case, those 3 sons actually worked in harmony to make their kingdom strong, but Kurosawa thought, "What if?". It had nothing to do with Shakespear.
osakagal08x 2 years ago
I have no doubt that Kurosawa used many sources for Ran, but if you can't see the influence of King Lear you're as blind as Tsurumaru.
atari2602 1 year ago
He also said, "when I started to develop the script, had no idea the resemblance to King Lear" Japan has many father-sons stories from old times such as this from as early as 6th CE. I guess Kurosawa was being nice to western audiences to think its inspired by the King Lear.
osakagal08x 2 years ago
The man was a great director, and this is an amazing film. But don't put him on a pedestal like that, there is NO WAY he went into this project having spent ten years storyboarding every shot with no idea of the resemblance to King Lear and then turned around to hypocritically flatter us silly westerners like Jiro and Taro did their father. Tsurumaru is Gloucester for fuck's sake, he even parallels the subplots of King Lear. Doesn't make it any less of a masterpiece in its own right.
Npowell01 1 year ago
@Npowell01, let's separate things: whether or not, and to what extent he used or was inspired by "King Lear" is irrelevant (personally, I remember there was even the famous line "as flies to wanton boys..." spoken by the buffoon near the end). What matters is that he made a real masterpiece (and that when he was about 80 years old!), that is beyond dispute and hovers about any Byzantine discussions.
goytabr 1 year ago
@goytabr
Oh, there's no doubt about that this film is a masterpiece, I just believe in paying credit where credit is due. I just don't like it when I see these Japanophiles online who put everything remotely Japanese up on this pedestal while dismissing any western influences. Like what you like, but pay fair respects to all inspirations, I say.
Npowell01 1 year ago
@Npowell01
And truthfully, there are so many characters similar to Tsurumaru in Japanese ancient stories. Sons of Lords sworn for revenge kept appearing again and again in the stories from the time long before Shakespear was born. But I can easily imagine Kurosawa noticing the similarities on the way to develop his script, and constructed it with influence of Shakespear. Somehow, those were the words Kurosawa said and I have no idea what he meant. By the way, Kurosawa loved Shakespear.
osakagal08x 1 year ago
@Npowell01
Hi, I wrote as Kurosawa said in a Japanese Magazine, and I'm no Japanophile, but a Japanese. lol
If you watch a Noh theater, there is a form called Kyogen= comedy. Tsurumaru is a Kyogenshi. I had no intension of dissing western influence, there are a lot of similarity in British and Japanese theater arts and traditions. in the movie Ran, there are elements that only those with knowledge in Japanese arts can understand, i only wanted to inform those so that everyone can see them.
osakagal08x 1 year ago
Woops, not Tsurumaru, its Kyo-ami.
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osakagal08x 1 year ago
I think he was deeply affected with the phylosophy of Noh theater scripts before Buddhism behinde those scripts. The costume, make ups, a crown called Kyo-ami's name, Ami is name for Noh actors traditionaly, as well as the perspective of the world.
osakagal08x 2 years ago
I dunno. I recall an interview Kurosawa gave around the time of the release of Kagemusha, in which he said he was trying to raise money for a film based on King Lear. Kurosawa was certainly very familiar with Shakespeare's work. I doubt very much he only realized later that Ran just happened to resemble KL in plot and theme.
Ludlow889 2 years ago
Ran is King Lear. That was the intention of Kurosawa.
brisco42 2 years ago 3
Tell that to osakagal08x.
Ludlow889 2 years ago
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osakagal08x 2 years ago
I watched this movie years ago when I didn't understand it that well(I was probably 16). I really want to watch it again because I feel I can fully appreciate this beautiful movie now.
ShenmueAtheist 2 years ago
im watching it now in english class (im 17) intense. i love lady kaede lol
beingbanana 2 years ago
is a master piece, but very very dramatic, in a time where there was no CGI.......
drchepa 2 years ago
back when times were much simpler..LOL, a masterful flim indeed !!!
LadySierraSays 2 years ago
the consequece of misjudgiment of men leading to Ran--Chaos...
the cruelty of fate and Mujyo-kan--transient of the world in this film is so intense it stir up our views of life. this is epic, yet so real.
osakagal08x 2 years ago
What's the better Shakespeare adaption? This or Throne of Blood?
lshaw17 2 years ago
King Lear
RENEDU2 2 years ago
i beleive this movie is. but i havnt seen this one all the way through nore have i read king lear. but i watched the first 30 minutes here on youtube and i was hookeed cant find time to watch it all.
scoobleboo 2 years ago
the bad guy in this movie looks very similar to a character in "Tokyo!"
sashalyons 2 years ago
one of the most nihilistic films i have ever seen
made me wanna kill myself
DoctorBlowjob 2 years ago
kurosawa cheers me up : )
joet88 2 years ago
only ikiru
DoctorBlowjob 2 years ago
for real!
keemurah 2 years ago
GOD!
oshan 3 years ago
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blackanbluesjazzkiss 3 years ago
I will watch it after few days and I hope that it will be a major experience, maybe like Dersu Uzala or Rashomon.
radoslav1948 3 years ago
I saw this movie in the movie theater when 11 years old . It was the first movie for me. I was overwhelmed to the battle scene of this movie. I selected Akira Kurosawa at once, additionally, all other history play in Japan looked like garbage. In Kurosawa's movie, there was a detail drawing in all things. I found the similar one to Sam Peckinpah's or Luchino Visconti's movie afterwards. However, Kurosawa's Ran was the first experience .
lotusesprits3 3 years ago
doesn't seem to be on Blu-ray yet?
jesoby 3 years ago
king lear in japan
mehdan2 3 years ago 2
I saw it on big screen last night...
I highly recommend all to view it...
You may be able to relate to what is going on in political world - competent ruler - cannot always rely on adviser - there's a scene about greed, revenge, stubbornness and arrogance... all depicted - a MASTER PIECE!!!
HelloLeeUSA 3 years ago 3
Truly a Masterpiece!! I cannot measure up any film I have ever seen in the same way as Ran. Its message about greed and the recklessness of power in humankind rings true to this day and will continue to even tomorrow. Kurosawa is the Shakespeare of film-making. As he said of the film himself it was 'a sieres of events as viewed from heaven'.
jjthebj 3 years ago 2
This is probably one of my favorite films of all times. It redefines epic. Epic in scale, epic in emotion, epic in image and cinematography, epic in musical score. It's simply unparalleled.
Bluehawk2008 3 years ago 6
RAN is one of the best movie ever. Saw it on screen when it came out years ago.
The story is based on Shakespeare's "King Lear".
Kurosawa is above film making.
He is A GREAT ARTIST.
arbresistance 3 years ago 7
i ordered the DVD just today!
nebosuke6969 3 years ago 3
This movie looks great, I saw rashomon,is good
kondurperufour 3 years ago 4
damm his moives are so hard to put in words,, put let me try.. "the best" and i can see i am not the only one who thinks this way.
guysan 3 years ago 4
Ran was the first Kurosawa film I ever saw. I was literally wiped out. I couldn't think of anything else for days.
chiefblackhawk 3 years ago 3
ran is deep.
UtoobRulz 3 years ago 3
I agree, it is "deep" on many levels, almost spiritual. I think it was natural for Kurosawa to identify Japanese cultural elements that perfectly mirrored the themes found in feudal, Shakespearean England. RAN is a timeless masterpiece.
Tozonail 3 years ago 2
Seems to be a good movie, but this trailer sucked.
Philipbasker 3 years ago
"Ran" was one of the Great movie experiences of my life. Majestic in scale, inredible story telling and just absolutely gorgeous cinematography. I can still remember sitting inside a small darken movie theater years ago watching this most magnificent film with it's incredible action sequences spread out across the screen vibrant and lush with colors. The scene in which the castle burns as Lord Hidetora walks down the steep steps remains one of the greatest shots in film history. Incredible!!!
hiepronin 3 years ago 3
and also the incredible sad and beautiful music of toru takemitsu.5 stars.
drchepa 3 years ago
The burning fortress scene still burns in my head.
crazieburd 3 years ago 5
great movie!
kylenots 3 years ago
damn...what a greed...it was horrible witch what happend from his own sons... :(
sephirothff7ff7 3 years ago
'Ran' rated with 5 stars, and "Kagemusha' with 5 stars plus, because in general 'Kagemusha' is little bit better than 'Ran'.
whchanhk 4 years ago
i prefer ran than kagemusha, kagemusha is a little bit comercial for me, ran in other hand is much more deeper and better done"bigger in scale" but both for me are very very good movies, today's are simply pathetic....
drchepa 3 years ago 3
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people should make a remake of seven samurai.
funnguns 4 years ago
i hope you're not serious.
weinraub123 4 years ago 2
Their have actullay been a lot of movies based on it and a few remakes in anime and one or two in real life.
LtShield 4 years ago
there was a remake, a western movie "The Magnificent Seven"
patataton 4 years ago
You must be referring to Seven Samurai. Ran is an adaptation of King Lear by Shakespeare. Also, Throne of Blood, another Kurosawa film, is an adaptation of Macbeth.
chinopisces 3 years ago
幕府背后的故事还有很多，日本的电影界不打算再开拍任何大制作？？？？？？
xiuqin24 4 years ago
Esta película simplemente es perfecta. El mejor trabajo de Akira Kurosawa, era un genio, un artista, uno de los directores más grandiosos que ha dado el mundo.
Es mi película favorita de todos los tiempos. El cine etsá divido en Ran y todas las demás. Ja.Ja.
kurumotsu 4 years ago
pues si, drama en estado puro y eso que kurosawa lo rodo con 74 años... las de hoy ni se le acercan, 5 estrellas.
drchepa 4 years ago
Ran es una adaptacion del Rey lear de shakespeare, tanto merito no tiene kurosawa por esto, aunque la pelicula es genial, en mi opinión, no es la mejor de todos los tiempos
aunque sus peliculas son muy buenas, tanto que por Rashoumon fue por lo que existe el oscar a mejor pelicula estranjera, que fue creado para poder premiar esa pelicula
patataton 4 years ago
once upon a time when there wasn't CGI, and there were great directors and great stories to tell....
drchepa 4 years ago 6
武満徹素晴らしい・・・。
sizuller 4 years ago
great movie from a great director
raidsniop 4 years ago 5
The tone and feeling of this trailer reminds so much of Hayao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke". Especially the hog in the beginning and the gun shooting at 1:05.
moysesnyc 4 years ago
Excellent movie, I think. I just saw it together with my mother and Ijust loved it! :)
Jisana 4 years ago
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but it's so old!
moysesnyc 4 years ago
so what? its very good.
evojoerocks 4 years ago
Gime a break, man!
kurumotsu 4 years ago
Masterpieces of such an excellence are ageless!
praeceptor 3 years ago
age has nothing to do with it. masterpieces are timeless and RAN is cinematic perfection. Go watch it, you will not be disappointed.
tet64 3 years ago 6
THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE!
RichySuarez 4 years ago
He's made better films, but this certainly is a masterpiece.
AddictedToFunAndMeth 4 years ago 2
yarrick, keep looking in here. There's hours of Kurosawa stuff.
As usual, it's all good
lowgrau 4 years ago
i saw this film in the buy 2 for £20 at choices here and having seen Seven Samurai a few weeks before and wanting to see more of Akira Kurosawa's work i instantly took this.
and yes it is a masterpiece for Akira Kurosawa's last film. I highly recommend this film :)
Yarrick2k5 4 years ago
Kubrick used to vet the cinemas that you could show his films
and you got Kurosawa in a 'bazaar'
There's still films of Akira unavalaible in the west
Yes I adore the man - I cried when I heard of his death
I'd waited 4 yrs to see Ran - I knew he was going into production but it took so long to get financed
I would of walked over hot coals to see this film
But I still think 'seven samaurai' is his best completed film
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CCBBW 4 years ago
Popmatters did a feature on the "Top 50 Films every Film Lover should own." Ran was one of them. You can buy it on Amazon, but it isn't easy to find. There's a new package coming out on 8/21
WellSpringDVDs 4 years ago
my opinion: one of the best ten films ever made. we are lucky that we can see it all the time and learn from it, personally and what art is.
claudebasel 4 years ago
You're so right man...I watched it a hundred times.And it's always like the first time I did!
HidetoraHikimonji 4 years ago
Takemitsu!!
lowgrau 4 years ago
man i have not seen this movie, i will watch it and post again my opinion look very well worked
Industriajor 4 years ago
Fantastically Excellent trailer!!!
SecretAgentNo1 4 years ago
Superb!
apdos 4 years ago
And Takemitsu, one of the greatest 20th century composers, wrote the score!
Alessandro1985 4 years ago
I could happily watch this film a thousand times over.
Alessandro1985 4 years ago
Esta es una de las mejores películas que he visto.
soportefra 5 years ago
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sun10ro 5 years ago
Does somebody can upload the scene where Tsurumaru plays shakuhachi? Is a scene I really need because of the amazing sound
LokiFatherofFenrir 5 years ago
the fog the music the performances the battle scenes everything is superb in this masterpiece! and one thing that akira made very well 'the silences. TRAGEDIA EN ESTADO PURO....
drchepa 5 years ago
Ran is the best movie i have ever seen.
userek 5 years ago
You can say that again!
MagicalPotatoChip 5 years ago
I saw this film many times and keep coming back to it again and again. There is a hypnotic, haunting quality that captures the best of literature translated onto the screen. You can spot the work of great artists right away.
Tozonail 5 years ago
I love this picture and love its original soundtrack.
Toru Takemitsu, Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, Akira Ifukube, etc.. greatest japanese artists making magic in the past century.
MifuneBlog 5 years ago
ran is Kurosawa's best work
sleeplessslacky 5 years ago
someone upload more scenes
onepack 5 years ago
This movie is perfection. I have never seen a more perfect movie. It is not more famous, only because it is a tragedy. But, it is a perfect tragedy -- better than Shakespeare's King Lear. It is a perfect tragedy. Rico Y Guapo.
RicoYGuapo 5 years ago
I hear the battle scenes are absolutely amazing, I can't wait to see this!
bubs16 5 years ago
Akira Kurosawa Influenced some of the greatest directors including George Lucas, Martin Scorcese, & Francis Ford Coppola. Ran is considered a master piece by fans and critics alike. And I personally was simply amazed after viewing this Film for the first time; and remain astonished the more I learn about film making and being a Director.
rwstudios 5 years ago
Such a cool opening scene.
jekhe 5 years ago
Outstanding movie based on Shakespeare's tragedy 'King Lear' ...
limbiq 5 years ago
The best film ever made. And by sooooo far.
Alessandro1985 5 years ago
i love ran. with a passion.
wakestehdead 5 years ago