Ikiru To live
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2004.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
jpn
UPC
037429180525

Notes

General Note
"Presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1"--Insert.
General Note
Originally released as a Japanese motion picture in 1952.
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Program notes by Donald Richie inserted in container.
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Recorded in Dolby digital mono.
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Second series from container.
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Some credits from insert.
General Note
Special features: audio commentary by Stephen Price, author of The warrior's camera : the cinema of Akira Kurosawa; "A message from Akira Kurosawa" (2000); documentary on Ikiru from the series "Akira Kurosawa, it is wonderful to create"; original theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Asakazu Nakai ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; DVD producer, Kim Hendrickson.
Participants/Performers
Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD.
Language
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hashimoto, S., Hayasaka, F., Kaneko, N., Kurosawa, A., Motoki, S., Nakai, A., Odagiri, M., Oguni, H., Richie, D., Seki, K., & Shimura, T. (2004). Ikiru: To live (Special ed.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Shinobu Hashimoto et al.. 2004. Ikiru: To Live. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Shinobu Hashimoto et al.. Ikiru: To Live Criterion Collection, 2004.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hashimoto, Shinobu, et al. Ikiru: To Live Special ed., Criterion Collection, 2004.

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