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Ikiru = To live Cover Image DVD DVD

Ikiru = To live

生きる / 東宝 ; 製作 本木荘二郎 ; 脚本 黒澤明, 橋本忍, 小國英雄 ; 監督 黒澤明.

本木荘二郎.橋本忍, 1918-小國英雄, 1904-1996.黒澤明, 1910-1998.志村喬, 1905-1982.小田切みき.金子信雄, 1923-関京子, 1926-中井朝一, 1901-1988.早坂文雄, 1914-1955.東宝株式会社. Motoki, Sōjirō, (film producer., Producer). Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018 (screenwriter., Screenwriter). Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996 (screenwriter., Screenwriter). Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 (screenwriter,, film director., Screenwriter, Director). Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 (actor., Actor). Odagiri, Miki, (actor., Actor). Kaneko, Nobuo, 1923-1995 (actor., Actor). Seki, Kyōko, 1926- (actor., Actor). Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988 (director of photography., Cinematographer). Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955 (composer (expression), Composer). Richie, Donald, 1924-2013 (writer of supplementary textual content., Writer of supplementary textual content). Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha. (Production company). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor). 志村喬, 小田切みき, 金子信雄, 関京子. Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyōko Seki. (Cast).

Summary: Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quietly fulfilled.

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  • ISBN: 0780026918
  • ISBN: 9780780026919
  • Physical Description: videodisc
    2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special ed.
  • Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2004.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1952.
"Presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1"--Insert.
Program notes by Donald Richie inserted in container.
Special features: high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound ; audio commentary by Stephen Price, author of The Warrior's Camera: the Cinema of Akira Kurosawa ; "A message from Akira Kurosawa: for beautiful movies" (2000), an 81 minute documentary produced by Kurosawa Production Inc., featuring interviews with the director on the sets of his later films ; a 41 minute documentary on Ikiru from the series "Akira Kurosawa: it is wonderful to create", original theatrical trailer, improved subtitle translation.
Creation/Production Credits Note: 880-04 Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Participant or Performer Note: Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyōko Seki.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital mono.
Language Note:
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

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