Ran de akira kurosawa biography
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Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran” is inspired bygd “King Lear,” but may be as much about Kurosawa’s life as Shakespeare’s play. Seeing it again in a fine new 35mm print, I realized the action doesn’t center on the old man, but has a fearful energy of its own, through which he wanders. Kurosawa has not told the story of a great man whose sin of pride drives him mad, but the story of a man who has waged war all his life, hopes to impose peace in his old age and unleashes even greater turmoil. There are parallels not only with kings but also with filmmakers, who like royalty must enforce their framtidsperspektiv in a world seething with jealousy, finance, intrigue, vanity and greed.
Today we include Kurosawa (1910-1998) among the greatest directors, but for years he was without honor and funds in his own country. He was mästare of his destiny for only 15 years of a long life, from 1950 (“Rashomon“) to 1965 (“Red Beard“), and in that span h
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Ran (film)
1985 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa
Ran (Japanese: 乱, lit. 'chaos or tumult') is a 1985 epic historicalaction drama film directed, co-written, and edited by Akira Kurosawa. The plot derives from William Shakespeare's King Lear and includes segments based on legends of the daimyōMōri Motonari. The film stars Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging Sengoku-period warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons.
Like most of Kurosawa's work in the 1970s and 80s, Ran is an international production, in this case a Japanese-French venture produced by Herald Ace, Nippon Herald Films, and Greenwich Film Productions. Production planning went through a long period of preparation. Kurosawa conceived the idea of Ran in the mid-1970s, when he read about Motonari, who was famous for having three highly loyal sons. Kurosawa devised a plot in which the sons become antagonists of their father. Although the film became hea
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Akira Kurosawa
Japanese film director (1910–1998)
"Kurosawa" redirects here. For other uses, see Kurosawa (disambiguation).
The native form of this personal name is Kurosawa Akira. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Akira Kurosawa | |
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Kurosawa in 1960 | |
| Born | (1910-03-23)March 23, 1910 Shinagawa, Tokyo, Empire of Japan |
| Died | September 6, 1998(1998-09-06) (aged 88) Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Resting place | An'yō-in, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan |
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| Years active | 1936–1993 |
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| Spouse | Yōko Yaguchi (m. 1945; died 1985) |
| Children | Hisao (b. 1945–) and Kazuko (b. 1954–) |
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Akira Kurosawa[note 1] (黒澤 明 or 黒沢 明, Kurosawa Akira, March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese filmmaker who created 30 films of his own as well as occasionally d