| Record Number |
876228 |
| Title |
Ran [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Australia] : Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Limited, 2021. |
| ©1985. |
| Pagination etc. |
2 DVD-videos (162 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. |
| Creation Note |
Screenriters: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide ; executive producer: Katsumi Furukawa ; produced by Masato Hara, Serge Silberman ; directed by Akira Kurosawa. |
| Performer note |
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Peter, Takeshi Nomura, Hisashi Ikawa [that is, Igawa], Masayuki Yui, Kenji Kodama, Toshiya Ito, Norio Matsui, Kazuo Kato, Takeshi Kato, Jun Tazaki, Hitoshi Ueki. |
| Summary Note |
An aging warlord decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles. The two eldest sons are quite happy, but the youngest thinks his father has gone mad, and predicts that it won't be long until the two older brothers are fighting with each other. |
| Target audience note |
Rated: M. |
| Language note |
In Japanese, English and German; subtitles in English and German. |
| Subject |
Fathers and sons -- Drama |
| Brothers -- Drama |
| Families -- Japan -- Drama |
| Action and adventure films. |
| War films. |
| Samurai films. |
| Feature films. |
| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. film director,
screenwriter,
editor of moving image work,
interviewee. |
Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- actor,
interviewee. |
| Terao, Akira, 1947- actor. |
| Nezu, Jinpachi, 1947-2016 actor. |
| Ryu, Daisuke actor. |
| Harada, Mieko, 1958- actor. |
| Miyazaki, Yoshiko, 1958- actor. |
| Nomura, Takeshi, 1966- actor. |
| Igawa, Hisashi actor. |
| Pītā, 1952- actor. |
| Yui, Masayuki, 1947- actor. |
| Kodama, Kenji, 1932- actor. |
| Itō, Toshiya, 1947- actor. |
| Matsui, Norio, 1951- actor. |
| Katō, Kazuo, 1928- actor. |
| Katō, Takeshi, 1929-2015 actor. |
| Tazaki, Jun, 1913-1985 actor. |
| Ueki, Hitoshi, 1926-2007 actor. |
| Silberman, Serge film producer. |
| Hara, Masato, 1931- film producer. |
| Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996. screenwriter. |
| Ide, Masato, 1920-1989 screenwriter. |
| Furukawa, Katsumi film producer. |
| Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 King Lear. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F RAN |
