Ran UK DVD
Wellspring Media
Regie:
Darsteller:
Laufzeit:
160 Minuten
FSK:
ab 18 Jahre
Mehr Infos:
EAN:
0720917536729
Bild:
Widescreen, 1.85:1
Ton:
Mono, Stereo, Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Sprache:
Englisch, Japanisch
Land:
Japan/Frankreich
Jahr:
1985
Ran UK
In Ran, Kurosawa uses the inspiration of Shakespeare's Lear, the aged and weary king who divides his kingdom among his three daughters and is repaid in miseries for his own vanities. Kurosawa transmutes the daughters into sons and adds elements from Japanese history and legend. Lord Hidetora, as he divides his kingdom - retaining imperial privilege for himself - urges his sons to unity. One arrow is easily broken, he demonstrates, but three arrows together are strong. Saburo, the youngest son, breaks the bunch of three arrows; a promise of filial loyalty will not hold together a kingdom conceived in brutal warfare, he observes. Hidetora, furious, banishes him. The great irony of the tale, of course, is that Saburo, who tells the truth instead of dissembling to his father, is the one who loves him most, the only one not to betray him.
In that scene, the sons are each garbed in robes of a different color - yellow, red, blue. Those colors parallel the colors each son's soldier's carry into battle. Kurosawa's scenes of cavalry and footsoldiers massing for battle are like cinematic ballet, screen pictures of arresting beauty that keep the complex storyline hypnotically clear.
In that scene, the sons are each garbed in robes of a different color - yellow, red, blue. Those colors parallel the colors each son's soldier's carry into battle. Kurosawa's scenes of cavalry and footsoldiers massing for battle are like cinematic ballet, screen pictures of arresting beauty that keep the complex storyline hypnotically clear.