Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Featuring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Takashi Shimura
Year: 1985
Time: 160 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 316
Licensor
Wellspring
Release Date: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
MSRP: $39.95
DVD
2 Discs
1.85:1
Japanese Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Subtitles: English
Region 1
Audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Prince
An appreciation of the film by director Sidney Lumet
A.K., a 74-minute film by director Chris Marker
A 30-minute documentary on the making of Ran, from the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create
A 35-minute video piece reconstructing Ran through Kurosawa’s paintings and sketches, created as part of the series Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity
Video interview with actor Tatsuya Nakadai
Theatrical trailers
A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Wilmington and interviews with Akira Kurosawa and composer Toru Takemitsu