| Description |
2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 221 |
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Criterion collection ; 221
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| 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 quiety fulfilled |
| Notes |
Information from pre-release promotional materials |
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"Tōhō Soritsu Kinen Nijūshūnen Kinen Eiga." |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1952 |
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A foreign film (Japan) |
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Special features: new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; audio commentary by Stephen Price, author of The warroir's camera: the cinema of Akira Kurosawa; "A message from Akira Kurosawa" (2000); documentary on Ikiru from the series "Akira Kurosawa: to create is beautiful"; original theatrical trailer; improved subtitle translation |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; art direction, So Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka |
| Cast |
Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki |
| Notes |
MPAA rating: Not rated |
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DVD, region 1, full screen presentation (1.33:1); mono |
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In Japanese with optional English subtitles |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Patients -- Drama.
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Death -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Motoki, Sōjirō.
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996.
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Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Odagiri, Miki.
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Kaneko, Nobuo, 1923-1995.
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Seki, Kyōko, 1926-
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Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988.
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Matsuyama, So, 1908-1977.
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Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955.
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Tōhō Eiga, Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0780026918 |
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9780780026919 |
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