Akira Kurosawa’s film Ran (1985), loosely based on King Lear
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Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 film *Ran* is an epic Japanese period tragedy that transposes Shakespearean themes of aging, betrayal, and madness into a war-torn feudal Japan, renowned for its grand battle sequences, vivid color imagery, and meditations on chaos and fate.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Akira Kurosawa’s film Ran (1985), loosely based on King Lear canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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epic film ⓘ film ⓘ jidaigeki film ⓘ tragedy film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
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surface form:
Academy Award for Best Costume Design nomination
BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language ⓘ
surface form:
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film
César Award for Best Foreign Film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
King Lear
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Motohiko Hino’s short story ⓘ |
| castMember |
Akira Terao
NERFINISHED
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Daisuke Ryū ⓘ Jinpachi Nezu NERFINISHED ⓘ Masayuki Yui ⓘ Mieko Harada ⓘ Pîtā ⓘ Tatsuya Nakadai ⓘ Yoshiko Miyazaki ⓘ |
| cinematography |
Asakazu Nakai
NERFINISHED
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Masaharu Ueda NERFINISHED ⓘ Takao Saitō ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of Akira Kurosawa’s late-career masterpieces ⓘ |
| director | Akira Kurosawa ⓘ |
| distributor | Toho ⓘ |
| editedBy | Akira Kurosawa ⓘ |
| genre |
epic historical drama
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period tragedy ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
King Lear
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William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Hidetora Ichimonji
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Jiro ⓘ
surface form:
Jiro Ichimonji
Kyoami ⓘ Lady Kaede ⓘ Lady Sue ⓘ Saburo Ichimonji ⓘ Hidetora Ichimonji ⓘ
surface form:
Taro Ichimonji
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| musicBy | Toru Takemitsu ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elaborate costume design
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large-scale battle sequences ⓘ use of long takes and wide compositions ⓘ vivid color imagery ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Akira Kurosawa filmography ⓘ |
| producer |
Masato Hara
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Serge Silberman ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Greenwich Film Productions
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Herald Ace ⓘ Nippon Herald Films ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1985 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 160 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Akira Kurosawa
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Hideo Oguni NERFINISHED ⓘ Masato Ide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Sengoku-period Japan ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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betrayal ⓘ fate ⓘ madness ⓘ war and chaos ⓘ |
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