The tragedy’s mythic quality appeals to adapters the world over but the Japanese film-maker’s Ran, now rereleased, manages to solve the play’s problems
Those two were an inimitable duo, and one of my all-time top go-to teams.
For more historically accurate and shamefully repressed to this day Sengoku-era revelations: check out Gohatto.
(FWIW: the wiki is rife with spoilers, and has none of the subtlety & grace of the film itself, so maybe just watch the film before reading the article, sorry.)
Those two were an inimitable duo, and one of my all-time top go-to teams.
For more historically accurate and shamefully repressed to this day Sengoku-era revelations: check out Gohatto.
(FWIW: the wiki is rife with spoilers, and has none of the subtlety & grace of the film itself, so maybe just watch the film before reading the article, sorry.)