♛ MIEKO HARADA as LADY KAEDE in Ran (1985) ♛

“I don’t care about Taro’s death. What concerns me…is my own future. I won’t be a widow, with my hair cropped; not a nun, with my head shaved. This castle was my father’s. I won’t leave it!”

Ran (1985)

Ran | 乱 (1985)

dir. Akira Kurosawa

You spilled an ocean of blood. You showed no mercy, no pity. We too are children of this age… weaned on strife and chaos. We are your sons, yet you count on our fidelity. In my eyes, that makes you a fool. A senile old fool!
Ran (1985) dir. Akira Kurosawa

Ran,  乱 (1985) dir. Akira Kurosawa

The castle destroyed in the middle of the movie was specially constructed on the slopes of Mount Fuji for the film and then burned down. No miniatures were used for that segment, although an optical of another castle being burned at the end was used. x