The title of the movie Chaos: Chaos Director: Akira Kurosawa Kurosawa Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa Kurosawa Kurosawa ... And william shakespeare William Shakespeare ... Play King Lear Hideo Oguni Hideo Oguni ... (screen play) and Masato ide ... (screen play). Starring: Yoshiko Miyazaki ..... Lady Sué Jinpachi Nezu Jin Pachi Nezu ... Jiro Masa Toraichimonji Akira Terao Akira Terao ... Taro Takatoraichi Monji Hisashi Igawa Hisashi Igawa. ...... Shuri Kurogane Mansai Nomura Mansai Nomura Tsurumaru (as Takeshi Nomura) Tatsuya Nakadai, nakadai tatsuya ... Lord Hide Toraichi Monji Tetsuo Yamashita, Daisuke Ryu Daisuke Ryu ... Saburo Nao Toraichi Monji, Mieko Harada Harada Mieko ..... Lady Kaede Sakae Kimura Masayuki Yui ... Tango Hirayama Takeshi Kato, Takeshi Kato ... Koyata Hatakeyama Type: Action/Plot More Foreign Language Title: Ran/Chaos Length: 16 min Country/Region: France/ Japanese dialogue language: Japanese release date: June 1, 1985 Japanese synopsis: A character Xiuhu is a small vassal in the Haiyue Plain, which rose during the Warring States Period in Japan. He is famous for his cruel methods of killing people. The conquered people are often killed by their whole families, and women are rewarded to their subordinates. At the age of 7, he is going to divide his family business into three parts, and his three sons will share the power. According to his vision, the eldest son was stationed in the vice city, the second son in the second city, and the third son, Naoko, in the third city, and told them to share weal and woe. The third son resolutely opposes it. He knows that his violent father has planted the seeds of hatred, and his brothers have long coveted his father's position to take his place. Once they have power, there will be endless struggles waiting for them, because his father has already set an example of treachery, and his father's design can only be extravagant hopes and fantasies. Chinese name: Luan English name: Ran IMDb: 8.3/1 (28, 796 votes) Resource format: HD DVDRip version: 72p Release date: June 1, 1985 Director: Akira Kurosawa Kurosawa Kurosawa, nakadai tatsuya Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu Jin Pachinezu, Daisuke Ryu Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada Miek. O Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Yosiko Miyazaki: Japanese Language: Introduction to Japanese: Chaos is based on the story of Maori Yuanjiu, a military commander in the Warring States Period of Japan, and incorporates the plot of Shakespeare's masterpiece King Lear to form a one-character family story. It tries to look at the world's "karma" (Buddhist language) from the perspective of heaven, reveal the true meaning of life, and thus reflect the creator's basic views on life and the world. This film is one of the films with the largest production cost and scale in Japanese film history, costing 2.4 billion yen and taking more than 2 working days to shoot. Akira Kurosawa praised himself as a representative work of his life. He was determined to make a "full film", and Chaos is such a work. That is to say, in the development of the story, some scenes can be omitted by the explanation of lines, but Akira Kurosawa uses cameras to express them, and even the big scene of mobilizing the army does not hesitate to spend a lot of money to shoot, so the scene of the film is very spectacular. Akira Kurosawa transplanted and interpreted Shakespeare's famous works with ancient Japanese characters and put them on the screen. The Spider Nest City began in 1957, and the international film circle highly praised Akira Kurosawa as "the first person to promote the exchange of traditional cultures between the East and the West". [About the Plot] The story describes the story that a fictional one-character family went to extinction because of cannibalism during the Warring States Period in Japan. Xiuhu, the founder of the Yiwen family, dominated the party through years of war, and his power was in full swing. Xiuhu, who is old, is worried that the day will not be a fake year, and is determined to divide the territory of the Chinese family equally among his three sons in advance. The eldest son Taro and the second son Jiro readily accepted this, but the younger son Saburo expressed fierce opposition. Xiuhu got rid of Saburo in a rage, and all his possessions were carved up by Taro Kazujiro. Xiuhu lived the life of an old man with his concubine and Qinbing, thinking that he could enjoy his old age from now on, but unexpected disasters followed. First, Taro was terrified of his father, and used various excuses to scorn and crowd out Xiuhu. Xiuhu had to move to Jiro's castle again. Who Tomojiro colluded with Yotaro, massing heavily to launch a surprise attack on his biological father? Xiuhu's wives and concubines were all killed, and she was driven to wander in Yuan Ye by her sons, accompanied only by an actor who usually plays a clown. Xiuhu, who suddenly fell from the peak of power to the abyss, couldn't stand the blow and was insane. He lingered in the wilderness, pouring out his anger and regret to the world. At the same time, a new fratricidal battle is unfolding between his two sons. Jiro, unwilling to be inferior to Taro, shot his brother in the back. Taro's wife, Feng Jun, was originally the daughter of a waiting family. Later, her family was destroyed by Xiuhu and she was forced to marry Kyutaro. After Taro's death, Feng Jun, determined to retaliate, took advantage of Jiro's lust for power and urged him to kill his original wife, causing Jiro to be separated from his family. The foundation of a family is crumbling. After Saburo left Yiwen's home, Fujimaki, the neighboring princes, appreciated his knowledge and courage and hired him as his husband. When Saburo heard about his father's experience, he immediately led an army to come and demanded that his father be taken away for support. Jiro's army collapsed with a little resistance, and almost all of it was wiped out. In desperation, he had to agree to Saburo's request. Xiuhu finally met his son who really loves him. Under great joy, his spirit returned to normal. However, on the way to the father and son's return, Saburo was shot by a musketeer ambushed by Jiro in advance and died in his father's arms. Xiuhu was too sad and followed his son. Fujimaki's army flooded into Jiro's castle like the tide, and the foundation of the family was completely destroyed. In the bloody setting sun, the figure of a blind musician stood alone on the ruins of the castle. How many times will the tragedy of killing each other be staged ... [Comment] Akira Kurosawa is one of the most westernized directors in Japan, which is not only reflected in the advanced shooting methods of his film works, but also in the source of materials when he created movies. The works of world writers such as Shakespeare and Gorky have been put on the screen by Akira Kurosawa many times in the cultural way of the Japanese nation. The plot of Chaos is mostly adapted from Shakespeare's famous plays King Lear and Macbeth. Kurosawa learned the unsuccessful lesson of Spider Nest City, which was also adapted from Macbeth before. Chaos adheres to Shakespeare's consistent ideological spirit and never forgets to adhere to the inherent soul of Japanese national spirit. Based on this, we can see the perfect combination of the story of Maori Yuanjiu, the overlord of Japan during the Warring States Period, and the plot of King Lear, witness a tragedy in which the father and son are cannibalized and the family is destroyed, and realize the soul-stirring human nature "evil" shown in the desire for power. When Shakespeare's plays are put on the screen, the biggest problem is how to properly retain the style of the stage play in the film. Fortunately, Akira Kurosawa solved this problem with superb film skills. In order to keep the style and charm of the stage play to the maximum extent, most of the scenes in the film were shot in the middle and in the distant view, and the actors were rarely given long-term close-ups, especially the close-ups of Xiuhu, an old man. When he was most down and out, I wanted to push the camera forward and let me take a closer look at his desperate and sad face, but the lens of the film always kept a certain distance from Xiuhu. In addition, the film also applies the "blank space" technique in oriental art painting to the filming. "Blank space" refers to leaving a large blank on the screen and painting figures in a limited small place. In the film, Kurosawa used mountains and grasslands to replace the blank in painting, and the characters were placed in a narrow space in the picture, which was in sharp contrast with the majesty and grandeur of nature. This composition method can not only lay the epic style of the film, but also create the effect of the stage play, which is really the effect of killing two birds with one stone. In this way, modern film technology and the charm of traditional stage play are magically combined in Kurosawa's hands. The greatest charm of Shakespeare's plays lies in its profound revelation of human nature, and Chaos, which is born out of Shakespeare's classic plays, is naturally not inferior in this respect. In fact, Kurosawa's films have always reflected his deep humanistic concern, and most of them have a very strong sense of images and profound moral concepts and philosophies. Rashomon, Seven Samurai and Dream are all inspiring masterpieces of human nature. Chaos, adapted from Shakespeare's masterpiece, is more handy in excavating human nature and showing humanistic care. Hegel once said that evil is the motive force of historical progress. This sentence can be said to be a true and wise saying when used in the plot of Chaos. The plot of the film is started by the struggle of Xiuhu's two sons, Dalang Kazujiro, for the throne. The evil in human nature or specifically the desire for power has been pushing the development of the plot. If Dalang Kazujiro's endless desire for power leads them to kill their brother and father regardless of the flesh and blood, which represents the "all evil" in human nature, then Mrs. Feng, who is desperate for revenge, is far less thorough in the degree of evil, while the two courtiers who betray Xiuhu for some immediate interests are the mean and wretched villains. In sharp contrast to them, it is a good camp composed of Hirayama, Mad Ami, Mrs. Tan and Saburo. Hirayama and Mad Ami represent the goodness of loyalty and integrity, while the lady who devotes herself to the Buddha and the kind and straightforward Saburo represent the innate "all-goodness". The ending of the film retains the consistent characteristics of Shakespeare's tragedy. The sinful people, the kind people, the damned people and the non-damned people all die, leaving only endless thoughts and sighs to the audience. And we, like the show tiger in the film, see clearly the good and evil in this world and see through everything in human nature with our deep eyes. Kurosawa is a master of using colors, which can be seen from his superb use of light and shadow in the black-and-white film era. Rashomon and Seven Samurai show the subtle psychological changes in the characters' hearts through the changes of light and shadow, and their skillful skills are enough to be written into film textbooks for later filmmakers to pay homage to. Finally, in the color age, Akira Kurosawa can freely express his talents in this field, and he is almost obsessed with the use of various colors in the film. In this respect, The Dream, filmed in 199, has reached its peak. The eight dreams described in the film are colorful, dark and creepy, or dignified like an oil painting with heavy ink. "Chaos" is an out-and-out tragedy, but the tone of color is bright and bright. The picture is full of various colorful colors most of the time, and the contrast of various colors is also very strong, such as Dalang's yellow, Jiro's red, Saburo's sky blue and his wife's white ... The use of these colors not only highlights the characters' own personality, but also enhances the visual effect of the film. In addition, the blue sky, grass, dark castles, soldiers wearing different colors of armor, and the flexible use of various colors in the film have created a strong visual effect, making the film a vivid historical picture of Japan's Warring States period, with an epic temperament. The high-level use of various colors greatly improves the freehand brushwork of the film. Many pictures are as impressive as the works of masters in ink, and two shots have left a deep impression on me. First, Xiuhu was besieged by his two sons. Surrounded by a group of red and yellow soldiers, Xiuhu slowly walked out of the city gate, with a burning tower behind him. At this time, the sky as the background was gray and the wind was blowing hard. Xiuhu, who was heartbroken, walked out despite some uneasiness. His deep eyes seemed to have seen the good and evil of the world clearly. The second part is the end of the film. In a faint yellow background, the blind orphan crane pill of the old city stands alone at the head of the city, and the Buddha statue in his hand suddenly slides under the city wall. At this time, the audience strongly feels the profound unknown and desolation, waiting for future generations will be the abyss of fate and the reincarnation of fate. In the long river of history, such a tragedy will continue. From this, we can evaluate Chaos without exaggeration: Akira Kurosawa based on Japanese traditional culture and the inner thoughts of Shakespeare's drama, and made a truly great work with great epic momentum. ---------------. Xiuhu used to be the overlord who defeated countless powerful enemies. When he felt old, he passed the throne to Taro, the eldest of his three sons. After abdicating, Xiuhu was gradually surprised to find that his former strong self-confidence was actually worthless in the eyes of his own son, so he felt hopeless about his existence and even faced the crisis of personality collapse. At the same time, the great change of his sons' attitude towards him and their killing each other also made him very chilling. In a bleak evening scene, Xiuhu began to deeply reflect on what he had done and destroyed. Comments on this film's war is magnificent and very shocking. The costumes of the characters in the film are also extremely exquisite and exquisite, which is quite worth watching carefully. This film is not only an important masterpiece of Akira Kurosawa, a generation of movie master, but also a great work in Japanese film history that shocked the international film world. Kurosawa's brilliant creation and well-known story with Shakespeare create an incredible sense of power and classic charm of this film. Don't miss it! Award-winning record won the Oscar for Best Fashion Design in 1986, and was nominated for Best Director, Best Photography and Best Art Direction-Set. one