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Title:
Ikiru [DVD video]
Added Author:
Edition:
Two-DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
ISBN:
9781681430713
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.
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.
Performers:
Shimura Takashi, Himori Shin'ichi, Tanaka Haruo, Chiaki Minoru, Odagiri Miki, Hidari Bokuzen, Yamada Minosuke, Fujiwara Kamatari, Kobori Makoto, Kaneko Nobuo, Seki Kyōko.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Geographic Term:
Language:
Japanese
Additional Language:
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.
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Audience:
Not rated.
