Ran 4K UHD (1985) StudioCanal - Blu-ray Forum

Cevolution · 03-25-2020, 01:55 PM

Ran 4K Blu-ray

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Ran 4K Blu-ray

Is currently listed for release in Australia on the 23rd of September 2020

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https://www.kicks.com.au/product/ran...hd_blu_ray_uhd

ROSS.T.G. · 03-25-2020, 01:56 PM

Nice! If true day 1

Cevolution · 03-25-2020, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ROSS.T.G.

Nice! If true day 1

The site that it's listed on states that it's owned by the Australian distributor, Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia.

MechaGodzilla · 03-25-2020, 02:16 PM

This is a pleasant surprise!

professorwho · 03-25-2020, 02:49 PM

My god. Kurosawa in 4K.

The 4K restoration for Ran has exceptional detail and should benefit greatly from the 4K resolution... but the color grading... it's not bad, but far from optimal. I was hoping for Criterion to do their own BD release with better grading, but I'll take this UHD Day 1 for the resolution boost alone.

Doctorossi · 03-25-2020, 02:55 PM

Howaaat?!

professorwho · 03-25-2020, 03:06 PM

If any of Studio Canal's UHDs needed to be done by David M, it would be this one.

Why?

Studio Canal likes including lots of dubs for the regions they own a film, and they like to have them be lossless in nature. The remastered BD had Japanese stereo, 5.1, English 5.1, French 5.1 and German 2.0 all in lossless DTS-HD MA. That's a lot of audio tracks, and that eats up the bitrate.

But more important is the fact that the film is 161 minutes and is in 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Due to being (almost) full screen, there is more information which has to be compressed than if it were in scope. Plus, the runtime- with over two and a half hours, even on a BD-100, it would present some trouble due to the number of battle scenes with lots of movement. It's not an overly dark film by nature (its cinematography), but the black levels on the remastered BD were kinda ass, so there's a good chance that many sequences will be a blocky Legovision mess.

Hopefully he does this. If not, we can only pray for the best.

Dailyan · 03-25-2020, 03:20 PM

Excellent news. Hopefully they'll tone down the green.

imsounoriginal · 03-25-2020, 03:22 PM

Dunno if I'll get it but good news nonetheless.

Dubstar · 03-25-2020, 03:39 PM

bonehica · 03-25-2020, 04:40 PM

Akira Kurosawa. In 4K. Oh my...

McCrutchy · 03-26-2020, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by bonehica

Akira Kurosawa. In 4K. Oh my...

My sentiments exactly, this is glorious news.

Gacivory · 03-25-2020, 06:08 PM

Gonna get this!

One of my favorite Kurosawa’s. But Whenever I think of this movie I think of the Sidney Lumet quote.

"I once asked Akira Kurosawa why he had chosen to frame a shot in Ran in a particular way. His answer was that if he he'd panned the camera one inch to the left, the Sony factory would be sitting there exposed, and if he he'd panned an inch to the right, we would see the airport - neither of which belonged in a period movie. Only the person who's made the movie knows what goes into the decisions that result in any piece of work." (Sidney Lumet in Making Movies, 1995)

evanft · 03-26-2020, 12:53 PM

WOW.

Was not expecting this in the slightest. This is fantastic news.

Weirded Wonder · 03-26-2020, 04:03 PM

Mine! Mine! Mine!

Pans · 03-27-2020, 03:49 PM

It's an interesting choice to be the first physical UHD outing for Kurosawa. Makes me wonder if there are others we'll hear about in the meantime.

Geoff D · 03-30-2020, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Pans

It's an interesting choice to be the first physical UHD outing for Kurosawa. Makes me wonder if there are others we'll hear about in the meantime.

It's one of the few Kurosawa movies owned by very UHD-friendly distributors e.g. StudioCanal in Europe, Sony/Uni in Australia. People tend to think that when one movie from a famed director gets an outing on 4K disc that it'll lead to some kind of 4K wave of the rest of their work, but as most directors' work is spread over a multitude of studios and rights holders it doesn't necessarily correlate.

rezpekt · 03-31-2020, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff D

It's one of the few Kurosawa movies owned by very UHD-friendly distributors e.g. StudioCanal in Europe, Sony/Uni in Australia. People tend to think that when one movie from a famed director gets an outing on 4K disc that it'll lead to some kind of 4K wave of the rest of their work, but as most directors' work is spread over a multitude of studios and rights holders it doesn't necessarily correlate.

Indeed. What I take from this is that Studiocanal might revisit some of their already existing 4K masters in the future. Mulholland Drive next year, please.

fuzzymctiger · 04-02-2020, 02:48 AM

Very glad to see Australia entering the field for exclusive UHD releases (for now).

Will absolutely pick this one up first day

dallywhitty · 04-02-2020, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by rezpekt

Indeed. What I take from this is that Studiocanal might revisit some of their already existing 4K masters in the future. Mulholland Drive next year, please.

I need The Graduate nowwww.

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03-25-2020, 01:56 PM	#2
ROSS.T.G. Blu-ray Champion Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Ontario, Canada 4K collection:393 Blu-ray collection:1549 Blu-ray reviews:16	Nice! If true day 1

03-25-2020, 02:16 PM	#4
MechaGodzilla Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Sep 2012 Location:Sweden 4K collection:96 Blu-ray collection:660 DVD collection:234	This is a pleasant surprise!

03-25-2020, 02:49 PM	#5
professorwho Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Apr 2017 4K collection:230 Blu-ray collection:983 Blu-ray reviews: 64 Trading Score:7	My god. Kurosawa in 4K. The 4K restoration for Ran has exceptional detail and should benefit greatly from the 4K resolution... but the color grading... it's not bad, but far from optimal. I was hoping for Criterion to do their own BD release with better grading, but I'll take this UHD Day 1 for the resolution boost alone.

03-25-2020, 02:55 PM	#6
Doctorossi Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2009 4K collection:134 Blu-ray collection:478	Howaaat?!

03-25-2020, 03:06 PM	#7
professorwho Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Apr 2017 4K collection:230 Blu-ray collection:983 Blu-ray reviews: 64 Trading Score:7	If any of Studio Canal's UHDs needed to be done by David M, it would be this one. Why? Studio Canal likes including lots of dubs for the regions they own a film, and they like to have them be lossless in nature. The remastered BD had Japanese stereo, 5.1, English 5.1, French 5.1 and German 2.0 all in lossless DTS-HD MA. That's a lot of audio tracks, and that eats up the bitrate. But more important is the fact that the film is 161 minutes and is in 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Due to being (almost) full screen, there is more information which has to be compressed than if it were in scope. Plus, the runtime- with over two and a half hours, even on a BD-100, it would present some trouble due to the number of battle scenes with lots of movement. It's not an overly dark film by nature (its cinematography), but the black levels on the remastered BD were kinda ass, so there's a good chance that many sequences will be a blocky Legovision mess. Hopefully he does this. If not, we can only pray for the best.

03-25-2020, 03:20 PM	#8
Dailyan Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Feb 2015 Location:Beyond the Blue Horizon 4K collection:198 Blu-ray collection:2251 DVD collection:197 Blu-ray reviews: 58 Trading Score:56	Excellent news. Hopefully they'll tone down the green.

03-25-2020, 03:22 PM	#9
imsounoriginal Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:NYC 4K collection:322 Blu-ray collection:950 DVD collection:70 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:59	Dunno if I'll get it but good news nonetheless.

03-25-2020, 03:39 PM	#10
Dubstar Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:down at Fraggle Rock Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:1953 DVD collection:304 MA collection:4 Digital collection:33 Trading Score:29

03-25-2020, 04:40 PM	#11
bonehica Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Nov 2018 Location:Flint, MI 4K collection:1183 Blu-ray collection:4746 DVD collection:319 Trading Score:1	Akira Kurosawa. In 4K. Oh my...

03-25-2020, 06:08 PM	#13
Gacivory Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2016 Location:Los Angeles, California 4K collection:1125 Blu-ray collection:5618 DVD collection:183 Digital collection:25 Trading Score:1	Gonna get this! One of my favorite Kurosawa’s. But Whenever I think of this movie I think of the Sidney Lumet quote. "I once asked Akira Kurosawa why he had chosen to frame a shot in Ran in a particular way. His answer was that if he he'd panned the camera one inch to the left, the Sony factory would be sitting there exposed, and if he he'd panned an inch to the right, we would see the airport - neither of which belonged in a period movie. Only the person who's made the movie knows what goes into the decisions that result in any piece of work." (Sidney Lumet in Making Movies, 1995)

03-26-2020, 12:53 PM	#14
evanft Senior Member Member since:Apr 2010 4K collection:352 Blu-ray collection:977 DVD collection:18 Trading Score:79	WOW. Was not expecting this in the slightest. This is fantastic news.

03-26-2020, 04:03 PM	#15
Weirded Wonder Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:May 2009 Home Theater Gallery:17 4K collection:593 Blu-ray collection:1177 Trading Score:51	Mine! Mine! Mine!

03-27-2020, 03:49 PM	#16
Pans Active Member Member since:Jul 2018	It's an interesting choice to be the first physical UHD outing for Kurosawa. Makes me wonder if there are others we'll hear about in the meantime.

04-02-2020, 02:48 AM	#19
fuzzymctiger Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2012 Location:Melbourne, Australia 4K collection:230 Blu-ray collection:1203 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	Very glad to see Australia entering the field for exclusive UHD releases (for now). Will absolutely pick this one up first day

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