Ran (DVD)

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Description

Used

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Format Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Contributor Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa, Masato Hara, Daisuke Ryû, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Pîtâ, Jinpachi Nezu, Hisashi Igawa, Toshiya Ito, Kazuo Katô, Tatsuya Nakadai, Katsumi Furukawa, Hideo Oguni, Mieko Harada, Hisao Kurosawa, Norio Matsui, Masayuki Yui, Akira Terao, William ShakespeareMasato Ide, Akira Kurosawa, Masato Hara, Daisuke Ryû, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Pîtâ, Jinpachi Nezu, Hisashi Igawa, Toshiya Ito, Kazuo Katô, Tatsuya Nakadai, Katsumi Furukawa, Hideo Oguni, Mieko Harada, Hisao Kurosawa, Norio Matsui, Masayuki Yui, Akira Terao, William Shakespeare

Language Japanese

Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English

Runtime 2 hours and 42 minutes

MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)

Akira Kurosawa's 1985 masterpiece was remastered for its Masterworks release, a clear improvement over the notoriously disappointing Fox Lorber DVD. The transfer is now vividly colorful and crisply detailed, presented in anamorphic widescreen with optional yellow subtitles that are easier to read (though the earlier release probably wasn't as bad as the "old" image used in the restoration demo). The 5.1-channel sound option allows deeper immersion in Kurosawa's painstakingly crafted soundtrack, and film historian Stephen Price's superlative, feature-length commentary track provides engaging and scholarly perspective on Kurosawa's development of theme through composition, camera placement, editing, and highly stylized direction of actors. Another comparatively sparse commentary track by Japanese cultural expert Peter Grilli is worthwhile for its insider's view of Kurosawa's personality and methods