Ran

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2007)

Just like the story of "King Lear" this film is based around siblings trying to take of their father's power and fortune and ultimately ripping them and their father apart. Greed applies to a lot of this film/characters. Lust for power and human relation to the gods are evident in every scene.
What is amazing to me about this film (plot and story aside) is that Kurosawa uses NO close-ups. The medium shots he used lasted about 3 seconds while all the long/far away shots lasted 1 minute to 1 1/2 minutes. All of the battle scenes were shot with a long lens. Kurosawa is known to use emotion through nature and colors. When the father and son die together in the end, it is a very boring landscape with an ery feel to it. All the voices have an echo to them.