: Kurosawa was almost completely blind during production. He directed by meticulously painting and sketching every shot beforehand for his cinematographers to follow.
Ran was Kurosawa’s most expensive film, funded partly by his admirers (including George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola). It earned an Oscar nomination for Best Director and remains a towering achievement in world cinema.
: Unlike Shakespeare’s Lear, Hidetora is a man with a bloody past, making his downfall feel less like a tragedy of innocence and more like the inevitable weight of his own violent history. Visual Splendor and Technical Mastery
