Akira Kurosawa's RAN Movie Poster * TATSUYA NAKADAI & MIEKO HARADA * 15th Anniversary 27" x 40" Rare 2000 Mint Condition. Double-sided Large Wall Size : 27" inches wide by 40" inches high. Original Official USA Advance Release Poster for the August 18th 2000 Limited 15th Anniversary Release of " RAN " written and directed by Akira Kurosawa , and featuring a dramatic battle scene from the film. " Ran " (乱? "chaos", "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 Mori 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 Toru Takemitsu, plays in isolation with ambient sound muted. Akira Kurosawa’s " Ran " is that rare epic picture, at once enormous and intimate, simultaneously melodramatic and nuanced. The superlatives that seem permanently attached to its name (magnificent, grand, breathtaking) betray its very nature: this is a quietly pessimistic movie, one that peels back the layers of deceit in its characters to find a Godless universe. Weaving together momentum and stasis, Kurosawa fashions a nimble motif of juxtaposition. Visual formality masks emotional anarchy. Like so many of its characters, Ran seems to be one thing but soon proves itself infinitely complex. The title translates to ‘chaos’ and true to its name, Ran ultimately subverts the values it so deceptively inhabits. On the occasion of its 15th anniversary, Winstar Cinema is re-releasing Ran in a brand new pristine 35mm print. Struck from a well-preserved negative stored in producer Serge Silberman’s personal archive, Ran will tour the major U.S. cities before being widely released. This is a perfect opportunity for young film-goers who’ve only seen the movie on video. Size does matter if we are to fully appreciate Kurosawa’s characters at play in the fields of the Lord. In a strange way, Ran is also the ideal millennial movie. It ties together such big concepts as God and family in a story that, while ostensibly lifted from King Lear, plunges deeper into time by borrowing heavily from ancient Japanese fables and legends. This Double-sided Original Poster is Printed in Brilliant Razor-sharp 6 color production on thick advertising poster stock paper. Beautiful , Rare , RAN / Akira Kurosawa Collectors item of a ground-breaking Epic film that is considered a masterpiece of world cinema. Ready for framing , or simply hang as is. Great for a Living Room , Entertainment Room , Den or Office. *NOTE : this Original Poster is a Pre-folded poster that has been gently folded from the factory * Will be carefully rolled and shipped in a heavy duty tube and shipped Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation / Tracking. This Original Poster is in Mint New Condition. Please email with any questions before purchasing if you are unsure about something. We ONLY accept Money Orders , Cashiers Checks or U.S. Cash as payment ( we do NOT accept personal checks or online payment at all ). Please email about local pick-up , we are located in NYC in Times Square. All International Customers MUST email us before purchasing this item.
