What type of media are both Ran and A.K.?
A.K. (film) A.K. is a 1985 French documentary film directed by Chris Marker about the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Though it was filmed while Kurosawa was working on "Ran", the film focuses more on Kurosawa's remote but polite personality than on the making of the film. The film is sometimes seen as being reflective of Marker's fascination with Japanese culture, which he also drew on for one of his best-known films, "Sans Soleil". The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
Kudos (production company) Kudos Film and Television is a British film and television production company. It has produced television series for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and its productions include "Spooks" (US:"MI5"), "Hustle", "Life on Mars" and its spin-off "Ashes to Ashes", "The Amazing Mrs Pritchard" and "M.I. High". In 2007 it was voted Best Independent Production Company by "Broadcast" magazine. Formed in 1992, since 2007 it has been part of the Shine Group. In 2007 it also set up the film unit, Kudos Pictures. In 2011, the Shine Group was 100% acquired by News Corporation (now 21st Century Fox), and in 2015, it was included in a 50%/50% joint venture between 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management's Endemol and CORE Media Group, as Endemol Shine Group.