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RAN 4K RESTORATION

August 21st, 2018 by North Park Theatre



TWO NIGHTS ONLY!

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Join us for one of the most awe-inspiring historical epics ever put to film – Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 RAN, restored in beautiful 4K by Studio Canal for its 30th anniversary.

A big screen essential!

“An action epic to dwarf anything from Lucas or Spielberg.”
– Peter Travers

Commemorative posters will be available at the stand.

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“SPECTACULAR! Among the most thrilling movie experiences a viewer can have!”
– Terrence Rafferty, THE NEW YORK TIMES

“★★★★★! CRITICS’ PICK! KUROSAWA’S MAGISTERIAL EPIC DEMANDS VIEWING ON THE BIG SCREEN!”
– TIME OUT NEW YORK

“They don’t make them like Akira Kurosawa’s magisterial Ran anymore, but the truth is, they didn’t really make them like this regal epic back then either.”
– Kenneth Turan, LA TIMES

“Spectacular
 The wide-screen, color-coordinated battle scenes will blow your mind, and must be seen in a theater. Don’t ever think of watching Ran on a DVD or cellphone!”
– VA Musetto, NEW YORK POST

“(RAN) accomplishes the impossible. It one-ups Shakespeare.”
– Michael O’Sullivan, WASHINGTON POST

WED August 29th at 9:15 PM
THU August 30th at 9:15 PM

From Rialto Pictures:

For the first time in newly restored 4K, Akira Kurosawa’s epic masterpiece is back on the big screen, more than 30 years since its original release. A decade-long dream (he had storyboarded the entire film in his own watercolors), Kurosawa’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” proved the master’s flair for epic sweep and stylistic innovation undimmed at the age of 75. The culmination of his career — clarified Kurosawa, “I said culmination, not conclusion.” Four Oscar nominations, including Best Director, Cinematography, and Art Direction, with Emi Wada winning for her dazzling, three-years-in-the-making costumes.

About the restoration:

Thirty years after its original release, Studiocanal decided to restore Ran in 4K in collaboration with the Japanese company, Kadokawa. In 1985, the production of the original film was possible thanks to a French-Japanese collaboration and 30 years later, Studiocanal and Kadokawa replicated this partnership to restore the film.

Ran has been restored in 4K by the French laboratory Éclair, under Studiocanal’s supervision. Based on an original negative, the majority of the restoration work was done manually image by image. Color grading was approved by Masaharu Ueda, one of Ran’s three cinematographers and a close associate of Kurosawa’s. The 4K restoration premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was also screened at the 2015 New York Film Festival.