“An earthly Götterdämmerung of unparalleled savagery”: Ran - Global Comment
The film director Akira Kurosawa was often called The Emperor. In Ran, we only need to bear witness to the demonic majesty that depicts the slaughter of Lord Hidetora Ichimonji’s retinue on the blackened, volcanic slopes of Mount Fuji to understand how well deserved that title is. After 50 years of brutal warfare, Hidetora, now
