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Scipio3
05-12-2002, 03:10
I am doing a project on the great epic film Ran and i wondered whether it had any basis in Japanese history or is it simply a Japanese version of King Lear?

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Shoot straight you bastards and don't make a mess of it!
Executed by firing squad.
~~ Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant, Australian poet & national hero, d. 1902

CEWest
05-12-2002, 07:18
Straight outta shakespeare, although it could have happened.

Scipio3
05-12-2002, 08:50
are u positive i just read something that said it was bassed on "japanese history" but didnt list any important event

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Shoot straight you bastards and don't make a mess of it!
Executed by firing squad.
~~ Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant, Australian poet & national hero, d. 1902