After the "Seven Samurai" and "Rashomon", this is the third Kurosawa movie Ive seen and was left speechless again. This is a movie only Kurosawa could do. Incredible directing and beautiful set designs and colors and of course the great acting of especially Tatsuya Nakadai make this movie a masterpiece. Ran is an adaption of Shakespeare's "King Lear" set in Japan in the 16th century. The war sequence in the middle of the movie is propably the best Ive ever seen, the beautiful shots, combined with sad music makes you want to rewatch the scene over and over again. Not to mention the sadness and tragedy where especially one scene brought tears to my eyes. I became a Kurosawa fan after seeing the "Seven Samurai", now after another 2 movies he became my favorite Director along with Scorsese. I'll propably watch "Ikiru" next.
I could go on and on praising this movie. This is great cinema. A masterpiece.
10/10 [/b]
That image you posted alone makes me want to see that movie.
