Ran /
In the 16th century, Lord Hidetora decides to retire and share his territory between his three sons, Taro, Jiro and Saburo. The latter foreseeing difficulties, opposes his decision. He is consequently disinherited. However, the father soon discovers that, mocking his authority, his first two sons be...
| Uniform Title: | Ran (Motion picture) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , |
| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Kanopy Streaming,
2021.
StudioCanal, 1985. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy) |
| Summary: | In the 16th century, Lord Hidetora decides to retire and share his territory between his three sons, Taro, Jiro and Saburo. The latter foreseeing difficulties, opposes his decision. He is consequently disinherited. However, the father soon discovers that, mocking his authority, his first two sons begin to fight. Jiro treacherously kills Taro and then Saburo before realising that it is in fact Taro's widow who is responsible for this confusion since she had sworn to revenge Hidetora's murder of her family years ago. Now all that is left for Jiro is to die fighting the enemies of the Hidetora dynasty. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Based on the play King Lear by William Shakespeare. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (154 minutes): .flv file, sound |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Takao Saito ; production designer, Inoshiro Honda ; costumes, Emi Wada ; music, Toru Takemitsu. |