Ran [Blu-ray] [Region B]

This is without doubt one of the all time masterpieces of film making. The transfer to Blu-Ray is phenomenal with colour being such an important part of the visual language in this film it is really done justice here. If you love the medium of film then this is a must have work from Akira Kurasawa at the very peak of his powers, loosely modelled around King Lear it shows the precariousness of power as age affects you, and the reality that one generation can influence but not control the next. Absolutely breath-taking

The colour in this film is outstanding in this Blu ray version, The story is almost incidental to the visual power of many of the scenes - a film to be cherished and explored, A film by a master of his craft

Good edition of the movie

This restored version is definitely a marked improvement detail-wise over the American blu ray release. The only problem is that they went pretty heavy on the DNR. Faces look a little waxy and the lack of grain doesn't do any favors to the few effect shots and matte paintings.

I had an older DVDs of this classic film and the picture quality on this new version is far superior. Highly recommended.

This is Akira Kurosawa's last "Big" film and is an adaption of William Shakespeare's King Lear set in an undefined feudal period of japan, the whole film is excellently paced with a dreamy use of the camera in many scenes showing at later points the mind of the Lord as it unravels.

A movie I have loved for years first on VHS then on DVD. I never got to see it in the theater. It arrived this morning and I was just going to check out the transfer quality but could not stop watching it. What a gift Studiocanal has given us.

I'd bought earlier SD and BD editions of this film over the past decade; none of them was very impressive. I'll not be buying any more, because this "Digitally Restored" Edition's picture quality cannot be improved upon. (NB US collectors: It is a Region B release...)