Ran is a free Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous play King Lear
1- “Man is born crying. When he has cried enough, he dies.” – Kyoami, ‘Ran’.
2- “Why stay with this mad old man? If the rock you stay on starts to roll, jump clean. Or you’ll go with it and be squashed. Only a fool stays aboard.” – Kyoami, ‘Ran’.
3- “Men prefer sorrow over joy… suffering over peace!” – Tango, ‘Ran’.
4- “In a mad world, only the mad are sane.” –Lord Hidetora Ichimonji, ‘Ran’.
5- “-Lord Hidetora Ichimonji: What madness have I spoken? Wherein lies my senility?
-Saburonaotora Ichimonji: I’ll tell you. What kind of world do we live in? One barren of loyalty and feeling.
-Lord Hidetora Ichimonji: I’m aware of that.
-Saburonaotora Ichimonji: So you should be! You spilled an ocean of blood. You showed no mercy, no pity. We too are children of thisage… 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’.
6- “-Kurogane: Saburo is not our only enemy.
-Jiromasatora Ichimonji: So what? If they attack, we retaliate. We grab their land and enlarge our own.
-Kurogane: Fine words, but words don’t win wars.”
7- ” -Hidetora: The Great Lord goes nowhere alone.
-Jiro: You renounced your power. You have no need of an escort.
-Hidetora: Only the birds and the beasts live in solitude.” –‘Ran’.
8- “-Kyoami: A serpent’s egg is white and pure. A bird’s is speckled and soiled.
– Hidetora: This is a castle… Here’s a wall.
– Kyoami: The bird left the speckled egg for the white.
– Hidetora: Strange…
– Kyoami: The egg cracks; out comes a snake.
– Hidetora: Empty space above the wall. Why?
– Kyoami: The bird is gobbled by the snake.
– Hidetora: Where am I? Who am I?
– Kyoami: Stupid bird!” –‘Ran’.
9- “-Kurogane: Saburo is not our only enemy.
-Jiro: So what? If they attack, we retaliate. We grab their land and enlarge our own.
-Kurogane: Fine words, but words don’t win wars.” –‘Ran’.
10- “-Hidetora: I am lost…
-Kyoami: Such is the human condition.” –‘Ran’.
The post Best 10 Ran (1985) Quotes appeared first on NSF - Music Magazine.