a masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (7 November 2001)

Kurosawa created many unforgettable films during his long career, but with Ran he created a masterpiece of all times. The story is paraphrase of ShakespeareÂ´s King Lear, but much darker. The scenography is stunning, the long teleshots reveal the cruelty of war better than any documentary film, and the music nails you to your seat with its bitterness and sadness. Kurosawa must have studied, as I see it, the Italian painter Ucello of the 15th century, to be able to create the battlescenes this original in film history. A beautiful but very very sad story, created by the true master of film: Akira Kurosawa.