乱 Ran

[JB]

Konnichi-wa mina-san:

I just watched "Ran" on DVD (Kurosawa's original screenplay adaptation of Shakespeare's "King Lear") along with all the commentaries and special features, learned new vocabulary, learned a lot about Japanese history of the period, but no one ever translates the title "Ran".

So far as I can tell, it is not anyone's first name, and the main clan is "Ichimonji".

Any ideas?
Arigatou.

 

[kaito]

Ran (乱, Ran? "chaos", "revolt") is a 1985 film written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ran_(film)

 

[JB]

Well, I should have thought to check Wikipedia. The article is very interesting.
Thanks for your help.
Vielen Dank!