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After splitting the empire between his three sons, the old feudal lord Hidetora Ichimonji witnesses the unleashing of a fratricidal war that will lead to unpredictable consequences for the entire prestigious family.

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  • Language ‏ : ‎ Italian
  • Parcel Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.9 x 13.5 x 1.2 cm; 80 g
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Akira Kurosawa
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ 4K, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 41 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ March 19 2025
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Tatsuya Nakadai,?Akira Terao,?Takeshi Kat?,?Jinpachi Nezu
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Italian
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Eagle Pictures
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DTB4V8M5
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13 customers mention "Quality"13 positive0 negative

Customers find the movie excellent and well worth watching over and over. They say it's a must-watch for Kurosawa fans, with the pomp and majesty of feudal Japan.

"...Great Movie To Listen To The Words.Not Like Someone Here. Who Only Want Action." Read more

"A very watchable movie although the story line gets a little confused here and there." Read more

"Delivered on time and came as ordered. Excellent quality and a must for Kurosawa fans." Read more

"Amazing movie, I recommend it even to people who have trouble watching old movies." Read more

4 customers mention "Picture quality"4 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the picture quality of the movie. They mention it's a great looking clear version of the movie with both the original dialogue and Feudal Japan. They also appreciate the vivid imagery, visually stunning costumes, and thorough detail in closeups. Customers also describe the movie as a masterpiece of work.

"...Akira Kurosawa,"Ran" the movie that people are calling a masterpiece of work,..." Read more

"...The video is quite good - significantly sharper than Criterion's DVD release, by nature of it being a blu ray...." Read more

"its a great looking clear version of the movie with both the original dialogue and English dialogue. But all the extras are in french." Read more

"...epic interpretation of King Lear set in Feudal Japan, and now this vivid imagery is more gorgeous than ever on blu-ray...." Read more

3 customers mention "Colour"3 positive0 negative

Customers like the color of the product. They mention it's amazingly clear and rich in color.

"...Colour consistency is also quite good, but the colour never really "pops" as much as it could have if it had gotten a better restoration...." Read more

"For a director known for black and white films, the use of colour in Ran is truly masterful. Cant recommend highly enough" Read more

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  • Trek Fan.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie To Listen To The Words.Not Like Someone Here. Who Only Want Action.
    Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2014
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    "Director Akira Kurosawa,"Ran" the movie that people are calling a masterpiece of work,
    for world cinema and beyond,this is the sort of movie that would make you go,okay hold on now
    this is actually true,never give people power that can't be handle in the most appropriate manner,
    most of the time it usually doesn't work,
    I will give you the players of this fine movie,
    "Lord. Hidetora Ichimonji [Tatsuya Nakadai]
    "Taro. Takatora Ichimonji [Akria Terao]
    "Jiro. Masatora Ichimonji [Jinpachi Nezu]
    "Saburo. Naotora Ichimonji [Daisuke Ryu]
    "Lady Su. [Yoshiko Miyazaki]
    Shuri Kurogane. [Hisashi Igawa]
    Set in 16th century Japan "Ran" relates to the tale of an aging old ruler, Lord Hidetora who announces
    his intention to step down from power and divide his land to his three sons, who in turn gives him
    nothing but grieve,that eventually sent him stirring mad,
    even though the fake blood was really really bad in the movie I still enjoyed it,
    as perplex as I was about the the one scene in the movie, when Lord Hidetora went to one of his sons
    castle he had to bow to his wife, now I'm not a bigamist, but I though in 16th Century Japan women were
    just second class to men, just asking I really don't know,
    now picture quality is good, but the Aspect Ratio seem very weird and not right.
    Great Movie To Listen To The Words.Not Like Someone Here. Who Only Want Action.
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  • Lawrence Niederhoffer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie
    Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2022
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    A lot of action , great acting
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  • Brian
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly clear and rich in colour
    Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2021
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    A very watchable movie although the story line gets a little confused here and there.
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  • T. Stamatis
    4.0 out of 5 stars Ran - Studio Canal Blu Ray review
    Reviewed in Canada on April 16, 2013
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    I'm not going to talk about how great the film is - in short, it's one of my all-time favourite movies; movie - 5/5. I'm going to instead talk about Studio Canal's blu ray transfer quality. The video is quite good - significantly sharper than Criterion's DVD release, by nature of it being a blu ray. Faces look much sharper and easier to make out, and detail is seen quite thoroughly in closeups. Colour consistency is also quite good, but the colour never really "pops" as much as it could have if it had gotten a better restoration. Blacks are a bit muddy at times. If Criterion had been able to release Ran on blu ray, I'm sure that the image would have looked noticeably better, given how sharp, colourful, and consistent Kagemusha looks on the Criterion blu ray release. That being said, the image is still quite good - I'd give the video about a 3.7/5.
    What is weaker about the transfer, however, is the audio. Studio's canal's 5.1 (Japanese) audio track sounds quite clear overall. Again, in comparing Criterion's Kagemusha, this audio is decent at best. Studio Canal's Ran has audio which never "pops" as it should during the battle scenes, with clear, loud sound effects for the gunshots, and neither is the music projected as loudly and clearly as it should. The audio on the Criterion DVD of Ran may in fact be stronger than it is on this blu ray. Audio - 3/5

    Studio Canal's Ran is still a must-buy for those who love the film. Because it's a blu ray, it's a step above the Ran Criterion transfer. It's a great shame that Criterion lost the rights to releasing Ran on blu ray just a month before they were going to release it, but Studio Canal's version isn't a bad compromise either for those who want to own Ran on blu ray.
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  • Despensier
    5.0 out of 5 stars Quality item
    Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2021
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    Delivered on time and came as ordered. Excellent quality and a must for Kurosawa fans.
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  • Ben Rudiak-Gould
    3.0 out of 5 stars "Masterworks Edition" DVD is badly botched
    Reviewed in Canada on October 23, 2003
    The "Ran: Masterworks Edition" DVD could have been much better, but was badly botched by the producer (Wellspring Media).
    By far the biggest problem is the so-called "digital restoration," which consists of two things: running the whole movie through a miscalibrated digital denoising filter, and increasing the contrast and color saturation to cartoonish levels. The latter change can at least be undone at the playback end, but the former does irreparable damage to the image. Most of the image problems mentioned here by other reviewers are due to this "restoration," not to defects in the new transfer.
    The damage from the digital denoising is severe and present throughout the film. It's easily recognized with experience, or when the denoised image is shown next to the pristine original. But since I don't have that luxury here, I'll just mention some of the more easily seen symptoms. Clouds seem slightly unnatural, as if hand-painted, because their delicate wispiness is interpreted as noise and removed (see for example 0:11:45 and 2:18:00). Thin bright lines against dark backgrounds "sparkle" or "twinkle" like stars; this is caused by cross-frame denoising, which misinterprets movement of sharp edges due to frame jitter or camera movement as transient noise (see for example the sunray pattern in the Ichimonji crest beginning at around 0:04:30). Fast-moving objects shrink or disappear completely for brief intervals, again due to cross-frame denoising (see for example Kyoami's legs as he runs, at around 0:09:15).
    The new _Metropolis (1927)_ DVD includes a restoration featurette which explains why computerized denoising was not used in the restoration of that film, and shows examples of some of the problems described above. And denoising was only considered for that film because the available prints were badly in need of restoration. _Ran_ does not need restoration, which makes this unnecessary damage all the more tragic.
    Many DVDs released by Central Park Media have also been defaced in this way, notably the new two-disc edition of Takahata's _Grave of the Fireflies_. I think the same company is responsible for all of these botched "restorations," since the modus operandi is always the same: moderate to severe denoising artifacts, grossly oversaturated colors, and a "restoration demo" comparing the restored version to a previous video release in a distinctive splitscreen format.
    There are many other problems with this DVD, though they are minor in comparison to the above:
    The new transfer was apparently made from a theatrical print rather than a higher-fidelity interpositive, since it contains reel change marks (flashing black circles at the upper right corner of the frame). Surely such a beautiful film deserves better than this.
    There are several embarrassing mistakes in the subtitles which would have been caught by a human being, but not by a software spelling checker. Apparently the producers of this DVD labor under the delusion that proofreading, like restoration, can be done by computer.
    The MPEG-2 encoding was done improperly, with the result that the image switches randomly between progressive (film) and interlaced (video) encodings, instead of remaining film throughout. This causes annoying random blurring and sharpening during playback on many DVD players, noticeable mainly in still scenes. (See for example the long shots of Hidetora starting around 0:50:00; please note that this problem is not visible on all players.) Some players can be reconfigured to mask this problem (on software players choose "bob" rather than "weave" or "automatic"), but this will reduce the playback quality of properly-encoded DVDs.
    Technical incompetence aside, this is not a bad disc. The subtitle translation is problematic, but I've seen much worse; I can't complain too much here. What's lost in the translation is probably insignificant compared to cultural details which no translation could hope to explain. A short "production notes" extra fills in a few of those details but neglects others. Two uninteresting trailers for the film are included. The "restoration demo" is good for seething at in impotent anger, and also for seeing how Kurosawa probably intended the film to appear, colorwise, before it was "enhanced" for this DVD.
    There are two commentary tracks. One, by Stephen Prince, focuses on narrative technique and is clearly intended for students. It's quite good. The other is by Peter Grilli, who was present on the set during part of the shooting of _Ran_; he talks about his experiences there and his opinions of Kurosawa and his work. Though sometimes interesting, Grilli's comments make no sense as a commentary track since they're wholly unconnected to the action on screen. They should have been printed in a companion booklet.
    The film itself is a masterpiece, of course; even the shoddiest technical treatment can't mask its emotional impact. I would have given it five stars but for the problems with the DVD.
    This is the first non-Central Park Media DVD that I've seen to use this "digital restoration" process. I'm frightened that it will spread further. I urge anyone concerned by this to write to Wellspring Media and tell them that they could have produced a much better DVD, with less effort, by simply omitting the "restoration" step. If you decide not to buy the disc for this reason, tell them that too.
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  • Mike
    5.0 out of 5 stars this is a great blu-ray
    Reviewed in Canada on July 21, 2020
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    its a great looking clear version of the movie with both the original dialogue and English dialogue. But all the extras are in french.
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  • Nelson Garcia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Item
    Reviewed in Canada on August 27, 2020
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    Item as described. Fast shipping. Would buy from seller again. Recommended to.
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  • Andr Ramello
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best Kurosawa IMO
    Reviewed in Mexico on November 22, 2018
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    I loved the movie and its by far the best King Lear interpretation Ive ever seen. Beautiful story, nice acting, epic scenes.
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  • Estragon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Kurosawas Aneignung des ?King Lear? C in gro?artiger neuer Blu-ray-Fassung
    Reviewed in Germany on July 25, 2016
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    ?Ran? C ein Ausdruck, der soviel wie ??haos? bedeutet C ist das fulminate Alterswerk des gro?en Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998). Der Film von 1985 ist eine japanisch-franz?sische Koproduktion und war seinerzeit der teuerste japanische Film berhaupt.

    Kurosawa versetzt William Shakespeares ?King Lear? ins japanische Mittelalter, wobei er an Shakespeares Lear-Stoff zahlreiche Modifikationen vornimmt. Nicht nur werden aus Lears drei T?chtern, unter denen der K?nig sein Reich aufteilen m?chte, bei Kurosawa drei S?hne, sondern es fehlt auch die Glouchester-Parallelhandlung der Vorlage. Doch viele Elemente dieser Nebenhandlung hat Kurosawa dennoch an anderen Stellen verwendet bzw. auf andere Figuren verteilt.

    Erz?hlt wird die Geschichte einer umfassenden Zerst?rung. Zum zentralen Motiv wird bei Kurosawa Rache. Der alte Hidetora C Kurosawas Lear C hat sein Reich auf Gewalt gegrndet. Gleichzeitig ist er jemand, der auf die Geltung traditioneller Formen menschlichen Zusammenhalts setzt. Die famili?re Solidarit?t unter den S?hnen soll die Grundlage des Fortbestands des Reichs sein. Zu Beginn der Handlung fordert er von seinen S?hnen, diese Solidarit?t zu bekunden. Der jngste Sohn Saduro C Kurosawas Cordelia C verh?hnt Hidetoras Pl?ne jedoch als wirklichkeitsfremd und wird daraufhin versto?en.

    Sobald Hidetora seine Macht bergeben hat, setzt ein Zerst?rungsprozess ein, der von Verrat, Rache und Herrschsucht getragen ist. Bereits mit dem Schluss von Shakespeares ?Lear? haben Theatermacher und Publikum ber die Jahrhunderte hinweg gehadert C zu deprimierend, zu perspektivenlos sei das Ende. Kurosawa, soviel sei verraten, geht in dieser Hinsicht noch ber Shakespeare hinaus.

    ?Ran? ist ein Film von berw?ltigender Opulenz. Kurosawa distanziert den Betrachter vom Geschehen. Starre Blickpositionen und viele halbtotale und totale Einstellungen verhindern, dass der Zuschauer ins Geschehen hineingeworfen wird. Man sieht vielmehr einem sich langsam entfaltenden Verh?ngnis zu. Zur Distanzierung tragen au?erdem der stilisierte Schauspielstil C wohl von den Konventionen des No-Theaters beeinflusst C sowie die Farbdramaturgie bei, die sich ganz besonders in das Ged?chtnis der Zuschauer einbrennt.

    Die neue Blu-ray von 2016 pr?sentiert den Film farbrestauriert und in einer neuen 4K-Abtastung. Im Vergleich zur alten DVD/Blu-ray-Fassung ist das Ergebnis umwerfend. Eine zweite Blu-ray enth?lt umfangreiches Bonusmaterial. Hervorzuheben ist der Film-Essay ?A. K.? (71 Minuten), den der renommierte franz?sische Fimemacher Chris Marker (1921-2012) parallel zur Entstehung von ?Ran? gedreht hat. Es ist weit mehr als eines der blichen Making-ofs. Zu den weiteren Extras z?hlen eine Doku zum Film (42 Minuten), Interviews mit dem Kameramann Shoji Ueda, der Schauspielerin Mieko Harada, mit Michael Brooke sowie mit der Dolmetscherin Catherine Cadou. Weiterhin gibt es ein Featurette zur Restaurierung und ein Feature ?Die Kunst des Samurai?.

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  • ܳ
    4.0 out of 5 stars Ojo a los comentarios
    Reviewed in Spain on March 17, 2014
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    Es una excelente pelcula, pero agradecera a 鶹 que no colgara comentarios que no corresponden exactamente a ese producto, o que se haga ms evidente. Este dvd trae la peli sin ms y en la opinin que aparece se hace alusin a un segundo disco con informacin que a m me resultara muy interesante y que fue lo que me anim a comprarla.. Al recibirlo y comprobar la pgina me d cuenta de que se referan a la versin en blu-ray.. A partir de ahora estar ms atenta.
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  • Guido
    5.0 out of 5 stars Da cineteca!
    Reviewed in Italy on March 16, 2025
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    Bellissimo, un po' lento, come tanti film giapponesi d'autore. Fotografia eccezionale. Un capolavoro da tenere assolutamente nella vostra cineteca.
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