| Based on William Shakespeare's "King Lear", RAN is a movie cowritten and directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1985.
An elderly lord, head of the Ichimonji family, decides to retire and to pass the power to Taro, the eldest of his three sons. He will however have to banish Saburo, the youngest one, who dared to speak the truth to him. Soon, the former lord is chased away from the castles of his sons and becomes mad when he understands that Taro is trying to kill him. But Taro is quickly murdered by his brother Jiro who's dreaming of conquering the neighbouring kingdoms. A few days later, four armies are facing each other on the prairie. Lord Ichimonji's former peaceful kingdom is nothing but a distant memory. | ||
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Plot & Themes Time/Era of Movie: Legal/Political Thriller? Yes Political Plotlets: War Thriller Yes Armed Forces: - Army Actual chase scenes or violence - 40 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - 60's-90's Ethnicity/Nationality - Japanese Unusual characteristics Secondary Main Character Identity: - Female Ethnicity/Nationality - Japanese Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes - emotionally unstable Ethnicity/Nationality - Japanese Intelligence - Average intelligence Physique - average physique How sensitive is this character? Setting Asia/Pacific Yes Asian country: - Japan Prairie? Yes Misc setting - fort/military installation Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - gory visuals of deaths Sex/nudity in movie? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only - kissing Kind of violence: - land battles - guns - knives Unusual forms of death - decapitated - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives Any profanity? - None Is this movie based on a - play |
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