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Ran (乱?, "chaos" or "revolt") is a 1985 film written and directed by
Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. It is a jidaigeki (Japanese period
drama) depicting the fall of Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai), an
aging Sengoku-era warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of
his three sons. The story is based on legends of the daimyo Mōri
Motonari, as well as on the Shakespearean tragedy King Lear. Ran was
Kurosawa's last epic. With a budget of $12 million, it was the most
expensive Japanese film ever produced up to that time. After Ran,
Kurosawa directed three other films before he died, but none on so large
a scale. The film was hailed for its powerful images and use of
color—costume designer Emi Wada won an Academy Award for Costume Design
for her work on Ran. The distinctive Gustav Mahler-inspired film score,
written by Tōru Takemitsu, plays in isolation with ambient sound muted.
Ran tells of the downfall of the once-powerful Ichimonji clan after its patriarch Hidetora decides to divide his kingdom between his three sons: Taro, Jiro, and Saburo. Taro, the eldest, will receive the prestigious First Castle and become leader of the Ichimonji clan, while Jiro and Saburo will be given the Second and Third Castles. Hidetora will retain the title of Great Lord and Jiro and Saburo are to support Taro. Hidetora illustrates his plan with a parable of Mori Motonari's. He shows that one arrow can easily be broken, but not three arrows together. However, Saburo smashes the three arrows across his knee and calls the lesson stupid: Hidetora foolishly expects his sons to be loyal to him, while he himself has used the most ruthless methods to attain power. Hidetora mistakes these comments for a threat; and, when his servant Tango comes to Saburo's defense, he banishes both men. Fujimaki, a warlord who had witnessed these events, and been impressed by Saburo's frankness, invites him to his dominion and offers him his daughter to marry.
Following Hidetora's abdication, Taro's wife Lady Kaede begins to urge her husband to take direct control of the Ichimonji clan, engineering a rift between Taro and Hidetora. Lady Kaede plots revenge on Hidetora for treachorously massacring her family and forcing her to marry Taro. Matters come to a head when Hidetora kills one of Taro's guards who was threatening his fool Kyoami. When Taro demands Hidetora renounce his title of Great Lord, Hidetora storms out of the castle with a few loyal retainers. He then travels to Jiro's castle, only to discover that Jiro is more interested in using Hidetora as a pawn in his own power play. Hidetora and his escort leave Jiro's castle to wander, finding no food in the villages abandoned by the peasants. Eventually Tango appears with provisions. In a moment of anger Hidetora orders his escort to burn the villages down. Tango intervenes and Hidetora learns from him of Taro's decree: death to whomever aids his father. At last perceiving his eldest sons' treachery, Hidetora yakes refuge in the Third Castle, abandoned after Saburo's forces follow their lord into exile. Tango and Kyoami do not follow him.
The old Lord and his followers are attacked without warning by the combined forces of Taro and Jiro. In a horrific massacre that is the centerpiece of the film, all of Hidetora's bodyguards fall in battle, two of his concubines stab each other to death in a mutual suicide, the others are shot during the storming, and the castle is set on fire. Hidetora is left to commit seppuku. However, to his dismay, Hidetora's sword has been broken. Instead of killing himself, Hidetora succumbs to madness and wanders away from the burning castle, his attackers too awe-struck by his transformation to stop him. As Taro and Jiro's forces storm the castle, Jiro's general Kurogane assassinates Taro by shooting him down in the confusion of the battle.
Hidetora is discovered wandering in the wilderness by Tango and Kyoami, who along with Saburo remain the only people still loyal to him. They take refuge in a peasant's home only to discover that the occupant is Tsurumaru, the brother of Lady Sué (Hidetora's daughter-in-law), whom Hidetora had ordered blinded years before. Upon his return from battle, Jiro begins having an affair with Lady Kaede, who quickly becomes the power behind his throne. Lady Kaede demands that Jiro kill his wife Lady Sué, and marry her instead. Kurogane is given the order but he pointedly refuses and warns Jiro not to trust his mistress, whose goal is the ruin of the entire Ichimonji clan. Instead Kurogane warns Sué and Tsurumaru to flee. They eventually reach their former home, a ruined castle that Hidetora destroyed in an earlier war. What remains of the former Great Lord Ichimonji's party hides out in the ruins of this same castle.
At one point Tango chases two men from Hidetora's bodyguard who he discovers had betrayed their former master. As Tango fights and kills the two traitors, one of them says that Jiro is talking of trying to hunt down and kill Hidetora. Hidetora is terrified to meet his youngest son, so Tango rides off to bring Saburo to Hidetora instead. Kyoami stays to assist the madman. In his madness Hidetora is haunted by horrific visions of the people he destroyed in his quest for power. The insanity finally becomes too much for him to bear; eluding his servant, he flees into the wilderness.
With Hidetora's location a mystery and his plight now known, Saburo's army crosses back into the kingdom to find him. Alarmed at what he suspects is treachery by Saburo and by the entry of two rival warlords on Saburo's side, Jiro hastily mobilizes his army to stop them. The two forces meet on the field of Hachiman. Sensing a major battle, Saburo's new patron Fujimaki marches to the border. Another rival warlord, Ayabe, also shows up with his own army. After arranging a truce with Jiro, Saburo rides off to find Hidetora. Against the advice of Kurogane, Jiro orders an attack, and his forces are decimated by arquebus fire from Saburo's army, who had fled into the nearby wilderness for cover. In the middle of the battle, word reaches Jiro and Kurogane that Ayabe has slipped away with much of his army and is marching on the First Castle. Jiro's army promptly disintegrates and flees back to the castle.
In the end, Saburo finds Hidetora. The two are reunited and Hidetora comes to his senses. However, Saburo is shot and killed by snipers that Jiro had sent out earlier. Overcome with grief, Hidetora dies, marking the end of the Ichimonji clan.
When Kurogane hears that Lady Sué has been finally murdered by one of Jiro's men, Kurogane beheads Lady Kaede after she admits that all of her actions were to avenge herself against the Ichimonji clan and destroy it.
Jiro, Kurogane, and all Jiro's men die in the battle with Ayabe's army that follows.
The film ends with a shot of Tsurumaru, blind and alone, on top of the ruined castle. Narrowly avoiding falling from the precipice, he accidentally drops the scroll of Amida Buddha his sister had given to him.
Following Hidetora's abdication, Taro's wife Lady Kaede begins to urge her husband to take direct control of the Ichimonji clan, engineering a rift between Taro and Hidetora. Lady Kaede plots revenge on Hidetora for treachorously massacring her family and forcing her to marry Taro. Matters come to a head when Hidetora kills one of Taro's guards who was threatening his fool Kyoami. When Taro demands Hidetora renounce his title of Great Lord, Hidetora storms out of the castle with a few loyal retainers. He then travels to Jiro's castle, only to discover that Jiro is more interested in using Hidetora as a pawn in his own power play. Hidetora and his escort leave Jiro's castle to wander, finding no food in the villages abandoned by the peasants. Eventually Tango appears with provisions. In a moment of anger Hidetora orders his escort to burn the villages down. Tango intervenes and Hidetora learns from him of Taro's decree: death to whomever aids his father. At last perceiving his eldest sons' treachery, Hidetora yakes refuge in the Third Castle, abandoned after Saburo's forces follow their lord into exile. Tango and Kyoami do not follow him.
The old Lord and his followers are attacked without warning by the combined forces of Taro and Jiro. In a horrific massacre that is the centerpiece of the film, all of Hidetora's bodyguards fall in battle, two of his concubines stab each other to death in a mutual suicide, the others are shot during the storming, and the castle is set on fire. Hidetora is left to commit seppuku. However, to his dismay, Hidetora's sword has been broken. Instead of killing himself, Hidetora succumbs to madness and wanders away from the burning castle, his attackers too awe-struck by his transformation to stop him. As Taro and Jiro's forces storm the castle, Jiro's general Kurogane assassinates Taro by shooting him down in the confusion of the battle.
Hidetora is discovered wandering in the wilderness by Tango and Kyoami, who along with Saburo remain the only people still loyal to him. They take refuge in a peasant's home only to discover that the occupant is Tsurumaru, the brother of Lady Sué (Hidetora's daughter-in-law), whom Hidetora had ordered blinded years before. Upon his return from battle, Jiro begins having an affair with Lady Kaede, who quickly becomes the power behind his throne. Lady Kaede demands that Jiro kill his wife Lady Sué, and marry her instead. Kurogane is given the order but he pointedly refuses and warns Jiro not to trust his mistress, whose goal is the ruin of the entire Ichimonji clan. Instead Kurogane warns Sué and Tsurumaru to flee. They eventually reach their former home, a ruined castle that Hidetora destroyed in an earlier war. What remains of the former Great Lord Ichimonji's party hides out in the ruins of this same castle.
At one point Tango chases two men from Hidetora's bodyguard who he discovers had betrayed their former master. As Tango fights and kills the two traitors, one of them says that Jiro is talking of trying to hunt down and kill Hidetora. Hidetora is terrified to meet his youngest son, so Tango rides off to bring Saburo to Hidetora instead. Kyoami stays to assist the madman. In his madness Hidetora is haunted by horrific visions of the people he destroyed in his quest for power. The insanity finally becomes too much for him to bear; eluding his servant, he flees into the wilderness.
With Hidetora's location a mystery and his plight now known, Saburo's army crosses back into the kingdom to find him. Alarmed at what he suspects is treachery by Saburo and by the entry of two rival warlords on Saburo's side, Jiro hastily mobilizes his army to stop them. The two forces meet on the field of Hachiman. Sensing a major battle, Saburo's new patron Fujimaki marches to the border. Another rival warlord, Ayabe, also shows up with his own army. After arranging a truce with Jiro, Saburo rides off to find Hidetora. Against the advice of Kurogane, Jiro orders an attack, and his forces are decimated by arquebus fire from Saburo's army, who had fled into the nearby wilderness for cover. In the middle of the battle, word reaches Jiro and Kurogane that Ayabe has slipped away with much of his army and is marching on the First Castle. Jiro's army promptly disintegrates and flees back to the castle.
In the end, Saburo finds Hidetora. The two are reunited and Hidetora comes to his senses. However, Saburo is shot and killed by snipers that Jiro had sent out earlier. Overcome with grief, Hidetora dies, marking the end of the Ichimonji clan.
When Kurogane hears that Lady Sué has been finally murdered by one of Jiro's men, Kurogane beheads Lady Kaede after she admits that all of her actions were to avenge herself against the Ichimonji clan and destroy it.
Jiro, Kurogane, and all Jiro's men die in the battle with Ayabe's army that follows.
The film ends with a shot of Tsurumaru, blind and alone, on top of the ruined castle. Narrowly avoiding falling from the precipice, he accidentally drops the scroll of Amida Buddha his sister had given to him.
Trailer Ran 1985
Comment:
waaaah...filmny sang sutradara legendaris kurosawa akira y?jaminan muantab bro
gw suka film2ny alamrhum kurosawa-san dari pertama liat rashomon (agak ribet ceritany,tp gw suka bgt).
trus pas liat film shichinin no samurai,wow!!!klasik bgt (baru itu gw ntn film yg durasiny 3 jam lebih,tp gw g ngantuk sama sekali,padahal kedua2 film itu hitam putih)
trus dilanjutin film yojimbo & akahige,semua g ada yng buat gw kecewa!!!
wajib sedot nih film!
gw suka film2ny alamrhum kurosawa-san dari pertama liat rashomon (agak ribet ceritany,tp gw suka bgt).
trus pas liat film shichinin no samurai,wow!!!klasik bgt (baru itu gw ntn film yg durasiny 3 jam lebih,tp gw g ngantuk sama sekali,padahal kedua2 film itu hitam putih)
trus dilanjutin film yojimbo & akahige,semua g ada yng buat gw kecewa!!!
wajib sedot nih film!
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