| Description |
2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Kyoko Seki. |
| Credits |
Director, Akira Kurosawa ; producer, Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinoba Hashimoto. |
| Note |
Originally released in Japan by Tohn Films in 1952 as a motion picture. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC Region 1. |
| Summary |
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a government clerk spends his last months in search of a meaning to life. After an uncomprehending pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-fulfillment by forcing through his former department the building of a children's playground in the slums, then dies quietly. |
| Note |
Special features include "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 Ikira from the series Akira Kurosawa: it is wonderful to create, including interviews with Kurosawa, write Hideo Oguni, actor, Takashi Shimura and others. |
| Subject |
Feature films.
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Cancer patient -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998
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| ISBN |
0780026918 : $39.95 |
|
9780780026919 |
| Standard No. |
037429180525 |
| Music No. |
IK1010 Criterion Collection |
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