Description |
1 DVD (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 pages) |
Summary |
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning of 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 |
Special features: 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, 41 min.); documentary on Ikiru from the series "Akira Kurosawa, it is wonderful to create"; original theatrical trailer |
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Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1952 |
Credits |
Produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; DVD producer, Kim Hendrickson |
Performer |
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki |
Notes |
DVD |
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In Japanese with optional English subtitles |
Subject |
Terminally ill -- Drama.
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Cancer -- Patients -- Drama.
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Motion pictures -- Japanese
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Motoki, Sōjirō.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Kaneko, Nobuo, 1923-1995.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996.
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018.
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Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955.
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Odagiri, Miki.
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Seki, Kyōko, 1926-
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