Revealing mistake: When the guard that wants to kill the fool is hit by an arrow, you can see the outline of a protection plate or something like that under his clothes.
Ran (1985)
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Jinpachi Nezu, Akira Terao, Daisuke Ryu
Continuity mistake: When the wife of the new lord arrives at the castle and asks the guard why the other people don't bow in front of her, the guard runs to the other side of the road and speaks to those people. The shot later, he has disappeared.
Continuity mistake: When the two traitors ride away after seeing Hidetora at the top of the hill, Hidetora's left leg is exposed due to his kimono being blown by the wind. In the next shot of Hidetora, his left leg is suddenly covered. (01:41:15)
Kyoami: Are there no gods... no Buddha? If you exist, hear me. You are mischievous and cruel! Are you so bored up there you must crush us like ants? Is it such fun to see men weep?
Tango: Enough! Do not blaspheme! It is the gods who weep. They see us killing each other over and over since time began. They can't save us from ourselves.
Hidetora: I am lost.
Kyoami: Such is the human condition.
Kyoami: In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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