From Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 classic Ran, which is receiving a limited theatrical re-release on 25 March, Lord Hidetora, having taken refuge, is under siege by the combined forces of the armies of his sons Taro and Jiro in one of cinema’s greatest battle scenes. As the violence surges and the horrific carnage surrounds him, the heavens above stare on indifferently, and Hidetora succumbs to madness. Betrayed by his sons, punished for – and haunted by – his past, he wanders off, aimlessly, fated to suffer.
Published 21 Mar 2016
A restored 4k print of this classic Japanese war movie is coming to cinemas this April.
By Adam Cook
Nagisa Oshima’s 1968 film Death by Hanging is now available courtesy of The Criterion Collection.
The shining star of movies by Ozu, Naruse and Kurosawa has died at the age of 95.
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