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Ikiru [DVD]
Title:
Ikiru [DVD]
JLCTITLE245:
[DVD]/ Janus Films ; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; seisaku, Motoki Sōjirō ; kyakuhon, Kurosawa Akira, Hashimoto Shinobu, Oguni Hideo ; kantoku, Kurosawa Akira..
Uniform Title:
Ikiru (Motion picture : 1952)
Edition:
Two-DVD special edition.
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (143 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; 19 cm)
ISBN:
9781681430713
Series:
General Note:
Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1952.
Partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novella The death of Ivan Ilyich.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Special features: Audio commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior's Camera: the cinema of Akira Kurosawa; A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies (2000), a ninety-minute documentary produced by Kurosawa Productions and featuring interviews with the director; Documentary on Ikiru from 2003, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create and featuring interviews with Kurosawa, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami, writer Hideo Oguni, actor Takashi Shimura, and others; Trailer; New English subtitle translation. An essay "Ikiru Many Autumns Later" by film critic Pico Iyer and a reprint "To Live" from critic Donald Richie's 1965 book The Films of Akira Kurosawa.
Abstract:
A young Japanese businessman dying of cancer wants to give something back to society before his death, so he decides to build a playground for children.
Reading Level:
[Not rated]
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Added Title Contained Works:
Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies
Title (vernacular script):
生きる / Janus Films ; 東宝株式会社 ; 製作, 本木荘二郎 ; 脚本, 黒澤明, 橋本忍, 小國英雄 ; 監督,
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Variant Title:
Translated English title: To live
Credits:
Screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; editor, Koichi Iwashita ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Performer:
Takashi Shimura, Nabuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki, Makoto Kobori, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Miki Odagiri, Bokuzen Hidari, Minosuke Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language:
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.