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VOTE for the Portal:Arts Featured article for July 2006

This is the page for voting or making a nomination for an article to be showcased on Portal:Arts for a given month. The nomination with the most votes in favour will be selected for showcasing at the end of the month; failed nominations for one month will roll over to the next. When nominating an article, please format the opening section of the article in a box like the nominations below. This is so that any formatting or aesthetic problems can be ironed out before the end of the month.

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[edit] Ran (film)

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Ran is a 1985 film written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. It is a Jidaigeki (Japanese period drama) depicting the fall of Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai), an aging Sengoku-era warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons. His kingdom slowly disintegrates as each son struggles for power, murdering rivals and laying waste to the land. Hidetora goes insane after watching his retainers slaughtered in an epic massacre, the centerpiece of the film. As the kingdom crumbles and rival warlords move in for the kill, the Ichimonji clan collapses in a culmination of revenge and betrayal as old scores are finally settled. The story is based on legends of the daimyo Mori Motonari as well as on the Shakespearean tragedy King Lear.

Ran was Kurosawa's last great epic. With a budget of $12 million it was the most expensive Japanese film ever produced. Kurosawa would direct three other films before he died, but none would be so large scale. The film was hailed for its powerful images and use of color – costume designer Emi Wada won an Academy Award for Costume Design for her work on Ran. The distinctive film score, written by Toru Takemitsu, plays in isolation with the normal sound muted–particularly as Hidetora's castle is destroyed.

Nominated for the same reasons as Igor Stravinsky – exhaustive FA on an aspect of the arts hitherto poorly covered on P:A (in this case, film). Nice illustrations as well. HAM 20:48, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

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