King Lear

Power, Loss, and Madness in Kurosawa’s Ran and Shakespeare’s King Lear
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Power, Loss, and Madness in Kurosawa’s Ran and Shakespeare’s King Lear

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 / 7 May 2021

By identifying King Lear with the ancient Japanese warlord Hidetora, whose violations emerge from a breach of publicly identified self-hood, Akira Kurosawa plays with the quintessentially Shakespearean focus on individual personality.

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I don’t think you can win this game. On the box, it says it’s a tragedy.

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Between Church & State

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 / 1 September 2011