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Ran / illustrations by Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ide Masato ; translated by Tadashi Shishido.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: engjpn Publication details: Boston : Shambhala, 1986.Description: 105 p., [5] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 0877733872 (pbk.)
DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 19
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .R23513 1986
Summary: Kurosawa generally is recognized as the best of the modern Japanese filmmakers. He was the first Japanese director to gain international recognition, partly because his storytelling technique is not culture-bound. Rashomon (1950), a story of rape and terror that is told from several different viewpoints, received first prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1951; the film's title has become synonymous with the concept of subjective truth expressed in widely varying versions of the same story. The Seven Samurai (1954), a humanistic tale of samurai risking their lives to defend a poor village, is another Kurosawa classic. Kurosawa has always been attracted to Western literature, and two of his most notable films are based on Shakespeare's plays: Throne of Blood (1957), a retelling of Macbeth, and Ran (1985), a masterly reinterpretation of King Lear.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 791.4372 KU RA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0050083
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791.437 CO FI The film experience : 791.4372 BA PU Pulp fiction : 791.4372 BU ET Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind 791.4372 KU RA Ran / 791.4372 PA IR Irreversible 791.4372 TA FR From dusk til dawn/ / 791.4372 TA IN Inglourious Basterds :

Translation of: Ran.

"The original screenplay and storyboards of the academy award-winning film"--Cover.

Kurosawa generally is recognized as the best of the modern Japanese filmmakers. He was the first Japanese director to gain international recognition, partly because his storytelling technique is not culture-bound. Rashomon (1950), a story of rape and terror that is told from several different viewpoints, received first prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1951; the film's title has become synonymous with the concept of subjective truth expressed in widely varying versions of the same story. The Seven Samurai (1954), a humanistic tale of samurai risking their lives to defend a poor village, is another Kurosawa classic. Kurosawa has always been attracted to Western literature, and two of his most notable films are based on Shakespeare's plays: Throne of Blood (1957), a retelling of Macbeth, and Ran (1985), a masterly reinterpretation of King Lear.

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