Guy Lodge reviews the new digitally remastered masterpiece of film -- Akira Kurosawa's Ran (new in Blu-ray by Studiocanal, 12), noting the spectacular art of film and filmic history is revealed with this newly restored edition.
Ran is both great Shakespeare and great Kurosawa; if its relative newness means it's been a shade less canonised than Seven Samurai, this immaculate polish should change that.Its restored edition, which was screened at Cannes last year, will be on sale May 2, 2016. The French company Éclair, in collaboration with distributor StudioCanal and the Japanese Kadokawa Pictures, worked with original negatives of the film to create this new digital version.