An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
Direction
Marker's invisible hand—pure observation, zero intrusion.
Cinematography
Stunning color footage of Kurosawa's color-blind epic.
Production
The sheer scale of Ran's battlefield construction revealed.
Director
Chris Marker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marker, a French leftist iconoclast, filming Kurosawa, a Japanese traditionalist—this is cinema diplomacy.
Marker shot this during his own legendary 'absence' from filmmaking; he rarely appeared on camera or spoke publicly.
FR
JP
