Thank you. I did not know the origins of Ran. I have seen only a few Kurosawa films, but Ran is my favourite, and sits very happily at No. 6 in my top 100 after Casablanca, Le Regle de Jeu, The Godfather, Vertigo and Breathless
An excellent video, but i do have a small quibble. No mention is made of Lady Kadai, the wife of his eldest son, and Lady Sue, wife of his second son. Both women's families were destroyed by Hidetoti; Lady Kadai schemed to bring ruin, while Lady Sue sought refuge in forgiveness. Not the exactly the main theme of the movie, but a very important supporting plot.
Yes, Seven Samurai is an all time great film. Still, I believe that Ran is just as good. It comes down to Kurosawa being an outstanding filmmaker. Add Rashomon, Ikiru, Yojimbo and Kagemusha to the list of his many excellent movies.
Ran is unforgetable.
Unless you slept through most of it.
Epic movie. One of the best for sure.
the soundtrack is one of the best ever.
My favourite film. The cinematography is just so good
Ran is cinema peak.
Thank you. I did not know the origins of Ran. I have seen only a few Kurosawa films, but Ran is my favourite, and sits very happily at No. 6 in my top 100 after Casablanca, Le Regle de Jeu, The Godfather, Vertigo and Breathless
I have loved this film for many years...Amazing, poetic, and tragic.
Excellent essay on Kurosawa's Ran. Easily one of my favourites of his. A spectacular moving picture.
100% agreement from me as well! "Ran" is a spellbinding film.
I adore Kurosawa's films
Very well done. I saw Dersu many years ago. I had no idea Kurasawa made it! IT was good.
An excellent video, but i do have a small quibble. No mention is made of Lady Kadai, the wife of his eldest son, and Lady Sue, wife of his second son. Both women's families were destroyed by Hidetoti; Lady Kadai schemed to bring ruin, while Lady Sue sought refuge in forgiveness. Not the exactly the main theme of the movie, but a very important supporting plot.
Bravo, great video
To be honest I didn't watch the full commentary.
I just saw the title
And gave a "Thumbs up"
True.
certainly his most beautiful
This is the sadest movie ever. The movie is the bleakest of human condition.
Every shot in RAN, is an art masterpiece just like Lawrence of Arabia
This is also my pick for the best Kurasawa film
I've always been partial to Throne of Blood, but then again, I've always been fascinated with Macbeth rather than King Lear.
Rather strange to make a whole feature about Ran without mentioning the most interesting character, Lady Kaede, unforgettably betrayed by Mieko Harada
Dodescaden is a brilliant work of art. His first color film.
Oh no no.... no....
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Awesome sauce vid
There's a lot of war in it, but it's not about war.
I mean, Kurosawa himself considered _Ran_ to be his best film, so...
Ran is a great film, but it can't match The Seven Samurai, or Dersu Uzala imho.
7 samurai is such an amazingly good film
Yes, Seven Samurai is an all time great film. Still, I believe that Ran is just as good. It comes down to Kurosawa being an outstanding filmmaker. Add Rashomon, Ikiru, Yojimbo and Kagemusha to the list of his many excellent movies.
My favorite Kurosawa film depends on my mood at the time.
My personal top 3 are Dersu, Hidden Fortress and Sanjuro
High and Low is a little better too, I think. What a masterpiece.
Yojimbo and Throne of blood are pretty good.
It's a great film but in scale and mastery, Bondarchuk's War and Peace is the greatest film of all time.
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its not even top five kurosawa - and ran is a masterpiece
Great film. The only thing that bothers me is the old man make-up on the main character... It looks so silly
It's not. It is great though
Anyone with sense knows Kurosawa's greatest work is Seven Samurai
for western propagandized short attention spans LOL
Shots fired.
Nah.
"Ran" is pronounced like "Han" in Han Solo, not like "tan" or "pan". If you're going to make vid about it, at least learn how it's said.
Tell that to Lando.
What? If you're going to tell people how to pronounce words, use the phonetic alphabet. Or at least choose better examples. Yours are weak af.
Why don't you make a vid as good as this probably you why do people say such things