A.K.

In 1985, Chris Marker travelled to Japan to attend the filming of Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa. Marker analyses the progress of filming; the infinite patience of a team under the orders of a meticulous director down to the smallest detail; the antithetical mixture of the modern with the traditional; of the real with the fictitious; of life with cinema… and literature.

Director

Chris Marker

Cast

Akira Kurosawa

Year

1985

Duration

1h 11m

Countries

France, Japan

Languages

French, Japanese

Subtitles

English

Studio

StudioCanal

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